If you don't know who this man is, you don't deserve to have the internet. This man is the 44th President of the United States of America, BARACK OBAMA.
Now I've written about Barack before several times - he was the reason I got Twitter, strangely enough... But today, he is the Day Dedicatee for one sole reason - his Don't Ask, Don't Tell policies.
Now, as you are now all aware, I'm a big advocate of gay rights. As someone who knows several members of the gay community, I believe that everyone should be accepted in society for who they are, not what they are. And President Obama obviously agrees with me - he's voting to get Don't Ask, Don't Tell scrapped from the US Armed Forces.
The DADT policy states that if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, and are currently serving within the US Armed Forces, you do not tell anyone. That's like saying 'If you're hungry, your loss - you're not allowed to tell anyone'. It's so everyone is equal apparently - so being gay makes you a lesser person than someone who is straight?
Obama believes in equality - the first black President, the first with Muslim blood, the first who is actually going to force through his own legislation to make life equal for everyone in his nation.
BARACK OBAMA, you are the Day Dedicatee for Thursday 14th October 2010.
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