Hillary follows good advice given to Obama. He doesn't.

Hillary Clinton has said in an interview with Philadelphia Gay News that she will defend and expand gay rights. Her Democratic rival for the presidential nomination, Barack Obama, outlined similar support in an open letter to the LGBT community recently, in which he offered a more complete reversal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell than Sen. Clinton favors, but

Obama and Republican John McCain declined the newspaper's invitation for an interview. The paper criticized Obama and highlighted his refusal to talk by leaving a blank space on the front page where his interview would have appeared.

Sen. Obama was just this week given some good advice by an acquaintance of mine at a fund-raiser: You need to do more interviews." To which Sen. Obama is said to have replied, "You're right, absolutely. We do need to do more with the LGBT press."

Sen. Obama said that Corey was right. So why didn't the senator do the right thing?

The Obama campaign did take full page ads in LGBT newspapers in Ohio and Texas. Clinton's campaign has advertised in LGBT newspapers across the nation.

In Hillary's interview, she offered this program:

*Eliminate disparities for same-sex couples in federal law, including immigration and tax policy.
*Eliminate "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
*Use financial assistance and other leverage to prevent the killings ("executions") by foreign governments of their gay citizens.
*Support gay youth services.
*Attend gay pride celebrations, to the extent that security would allow.

Both Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama oppose marriage for same-sex couples.