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Barack Obama's openly gay deputy campaign chairman is fed up with the lack of gay rights since January.

Politico reports Steve Hildebrand [pictured] admits he is "losing patience" with the White House's lack of progress on LGBT rights and says the President "needs to be more bold in his leadership".

The Washington Post reports:

President Obama made clear that he favors the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA], and intends to ask Congress to repeal the 13-year-old law that denies benefits to domestic partners of federal employees and allows states to reject same-sex marriages performed in other states.

President Obama issued the following Pride Month proclamation late this afternoon on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Stonewall:

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

The Huffington Post reports that the Obama administration will endorse a U.N. declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality that then - President George W. Bush had refused to sign.

U.S. officials said Tuesday they had notified the declaration's French sponsors that the administration wants to be added as a supporter. The Bush administration was criticized in December when it was the only western government that refused to sign on.

After the jump, Warren’s new video. We’ve read what Mrs. and Mrs. Melissa Etheridge have said in their attempt to defend Rick Warren. We truly “get” their point of view. In fact, one of us spent several years inviting anti-gay ministers to lunch, over to the house for dinner, and even doing joint public appearances to talk about marriage equality.

We brought you the link to the Little Mrs. blogging about it; now, here is what Melissa Etheridge has directly written about Rick Warren as posted at The Huffington Post.

Melissa Etheridge
Posted December 22, 2008 | 05:10 PM (EST)
The Choice Is Ours Now

“This is a message for my brothers and sisters who have fought so long and so hard for gay rights and liberty.”

Read more after you make the jump to:

http://www.twolesbosgoinatit.com/2008/12/22/melissa-etheridge-writes-abo...

Two Lezbos Going At It offers timely advice and one side of the Rick Warren inauguration situation.

In a Proud Parenting blog post, one lesbo and her loving spouse invite you to watch Warren’s new video. The two moms write: