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The past few weeks the grumblings from us gays that Obama isn’t doing enough for us have started to turn into full-on complaints.

Let’s see, while the rest of the nation has been weighing in on all of the gay marriage news going on these past days, we’ve had the White House website flip-flop regarding gay civil rights, Speaker Pelosi saying gay marriage isn’t a priority, and a delay of the DADT repeal. But other than the quick memo asking the house to quickly pass the Matthew Shepard Act, we haven’t heard much from Obama.

And people are starting to notice.

From Huffington Post

We’re in the midst of mind-blowing progress towards being treated equally by the law and the White House can’t muster one bit of emotion or congratulatory tone. To say it’s disappointing wouldn’t come close.

. . . The Solution: The White House and other Democrats should shed their feigned distaste for equal rights for gays. Now is the time. We are in the midst of a revolution. Public opinion is changing faster than ever.

And from the NYT:

President Obama was noticeably silent last month when the Iowa Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

But now Mr. Obama — who has said he opposes same-sex marriage as a Christian but describes himself as a “fierce advocate of equality” for gay men and lesbians — is under pressure to engage on a variety of gay issues that are coming to the fore amid a dizzying pace of social, political, legal and legislative change.

. . . But some are unsettled by what they see as the president’s cautious approach . . . in the words of David Mixner, a writer, gay activists are beginning to wonder, “How much longer do we give him the benefit of the doubt?” Last weekend, Richard Socarides, who advised President Bill Clinton on gay issues, published an opinion piece in The Washington Post headlined, “Where’s our fierce advocate?”

The White House, aware of the discontent, invited leaders of some prominent gay rights organizations to meet Monday with top officials, including Jim Messina, Mr. Obama’s deputy chief of staff, to plot legislative strategy on the hate crimes bill as well as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Among those attending was Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, who said afterward that while the gay rights agenda might not be “unfolding exactly as we thought,” he was pleased.

“They have a vision,” Mr. Solmonese said. “They have a plan.”

So did the Cylons.