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The following is an excerpt from a letter that will be sent this week to President Obama from leaders in the African-American community. Two events have precipitated the writing of this letter.
1. The President hosted a Stonewall Riot 40th anniversary celebration at the White House, when no such meeting has been afforded to African-American clergy to date.
2. The legal attempt to overthrow the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that has come out of Massachusetts last week.
All too often, both the press and politicians view the African-American community as a monolithic group that will go wherever...
An Open Letter to President Obama
Not true. The government has a long history of making citizens jump through hoops to receive recognition or benefits.
Under the Homestead Act in the 1800's, people had to actually relocate out west and "improve" the land. The Land grants were not available to everyone, just those who qualified.
Currently, Military Benefits are not open to everyone. Welfare benefits, Educational Benefits, Food Stamps, Social Security, medicare/medicaid benefits are not available to everyone. You must meet requirments to take advantage of these benefits.
It would appear your main objection is to Liberals who support all sorts of Federal benefits that are not equally available to all citizens and that in which people must jump...