>Recently I saw a clip where Obama presented Ellen DeGeneres with the Medal of Freedom.
>Her achievement, he said- in all seriousness- was saying publicly that she was a lesbian and marrying another woman.
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>Doesn't anyone wonder how a mother who stays married to the same man all her life, bears and raises children, and probably works to help make ends meet (as most women do) sees this?
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>Or one of the thousands of Vietnam vets I see waiting on long lines in VA hospitals?
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>The medal of freedom for saying that you're a lesbian??????
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I agree with you 100%

Related example: Caitlyn Jenner winning the Arthur Ashe award. Now, I have nothing against Caitlyn Jenner and the related personal decisions. But the idea of giving Jenner the Arthur Ashe award was idiotic. I know the Ashe story pretty well (I did some speeches in high school about Ashe's career, and I know much of the story about his battle with HIV/AIDS). Jenner didn't have to face anything like what Ashe faced. That's not a criticism of Jenner - it's a criticism of those who would equate the two.