Obama Campaign Sees 'Gay Pride' Events as Fertile Recruiting Field
In an effort to find volunteers and votes for what most political analysts are saying will be a nail-biter of an election in November, the Obama campaign has been scouring gay pride events and collecting information from what seems to be an overly friendly environment – the LGBT community.
Last weekend, dozens of gay pride events were held in several major U.S. cities, creating a concentrated pool of people who tend to favor the more liberal policies of the Obama administration, including the administration's refusal to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal courts.
The campaign volunteers' instructions were simple and straightforward. They needed to collect as much information from attendees as possible including cell phone numbers, names and email addresses. More importantly, they were told to sign up as many volunteers as possible....