Earlier today, President Obama released a memorandum directing “all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of LGBT persons.”

GOP former frontrunner Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) quickly released a statement denouncing the President’s action, complete with trademark Perry lies, and a doubling-down on his own zero foreign aid budget.

There is something a good portion of liberals and conservatives can agree on: Obama does a lot of talking but not quite enough following through. At the Human Rights Campaign 13th Annual Dinner, Obama reiterated his campaign promise to abolish “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”  The reaction by some seemed to suggest that people thought Obama was repealing [...]