FloridaBlade.com – By Dmitry Rashnitsov
During Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency in 2008, he promised to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military and renounce restrictions on same-sex marriage. Now the GLBT community has organized a forum to remind him of these promises. The National Equality March is converging on Washington D.C. the weekend of October 10-11, featuring a 2.33 mile walk across the United States Capitol’s west lawn beginning at noon on Sunday, and culminate in a pep rally with more than 30 speakers and a performance by Lady Gaga at 2 p.m.