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I know the lyric isn’t an exact fit, but it’s the first thing that popped into my head when I read that in addition to the previous days’ pullouts yet more LGBT biggies are pulling out of the LGBT DNC Fundraiser. And, Andrew Sullivan is calling for us to cut off all contributions to the DNC.

The latest to boycott the fundraiser:

Stampp Corbin is a San Diego City Commissioner, LGBT rights activist and former co-chair of the Obama LGBT Leadership Council during the presidential campaign AND a friend of Michelle Obama’s wrote:

Next week, I am boycotting the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council Democratic National Committee . . . Mr. President, your DOMA mistake awakened a sleeping giant. He is mad as hell and is not going to take it anymore. You better get LGBT affirming legislation moving quickly or the coffers of the LGBT community will be slammed shut on the fingers of your administration and the DNC. You and the DNC may find themselves asking about our donations “if not now, when” as we have been asking about our rights for the last few months.

And Mary Bonatuo of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) has posted a stellar letter on over on PHB:

I will not be attending the Democratic National Committee dinner next week. I was invited as a guest, and I want people to understand that GLAD has never given money and will never give money to any political candidate or political party. Moreover, GLAD has never tied, and never will tie, our community’s fortunes to any political party. We have long realized that responsibility for our freedom and equality is primarily in our own hands - and we have to work for it.