These Are The Stakes

From ’Fighting for the LGBT Community,’ on the website of HRC’s HRC:

Hillary’s Vision

As President, Hillary will replace the divisive leadership of the past six years. She will work with the LGBT community and allies in Congress to change laws. The LGBT community will always have an open door to a Clinton White House. She knows that working together, we can continue to work against hate and stand united for equality.

How much less specific can one get than ‘to change laws’?  You’d never guess that this is the candidate that is politically married to the Human Right Scampaign, would you?

Now lets look at some specifics:

􀂙 Pass ENDA – It is inconceivable to Hillary that people who work hard and do a good job every day can still be fired because of who they are or who they love. It’s unfair, it’s un-American, and she will put a stop to it once and for all.

􀂙 Pass federal hate crimes legislation – Hillary believes that hate crimes undermine the fundamental principle upon which our nation was founded, namely that all men and women are equal. She will strengthen law enforcement and prosecution against discriminatory acts of violence against gays, lesbians, and transgender individuals by signing the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law.

One of those is not like the other.

Do I need to elaborate?

Now…

From ‘Barack Obama on LGBT Rights‘:

Expand Hate Crimes Statutes

In 2004, crimes against LGBT Americans constituted the third-highest category of hate crime reported.  Obama co-sponsored legislation to expand federal hate crimes law to include crimes perpetrated because of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Fight Workplace Discrimination and Promote Rights

Obama believes the Employment Non-Discrimination Act should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Obama sponsored legislation in the Illinois State Senate that would ban employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Technically, one of thos is not like the other - but, unlike the two bullet points from HRC’s HRC, substantively, Obama’s are equal.  Remember: the legislation he refers to has having sponsored had only a ’sexual orientation’ category, but it was trans-inclusive.

Game.

Set.

Match.

Barack.