Uh, oh — business owners on the Florida coast better be careful. If Barack Obama’s "fierce advocacy" on behalf of LGBT Americans is any model, you all are about to be left behind while the American dream passes you by. We’ve been told by President Fierce Advocate that no one in America fights harder for our rights, while his own Administration slows down DADT repeal, won’t let Congress schedule iENDA for a vote, and seems content to allow DOMA to continue to define our relationships as second-class.

If Obama’s ‘fierce advocacy’ on your behalf is anything like his ‘fierce advocacy’ on ours, I would recommend packing your bags for brighter pastures, or coastlines.

It’s at the very beginning of this NPR story where he speaks the line that, for many in the LGBT community, has the same resonance that "heckuva job, Brownie" came to have about George W Bush’s response to Katrina.

I want every businessperson here is Florida to know that I will be their Fierce Advocate in making sure they are getting the compensation they need to get through what is going to be a difficult season. [my transcript]

It’s a phrase President Obama shouldn’t use unless he wants others, who know better and have heard it longer, to call him on it.

I don’t envy the businesspeople of Florida — this President’s Fierce Advocacy has cost hundreds of military servicemembers their careers since he took office. It’s resulted in continued firings, just for being or looking gay, in the 37 states that have no protections against sexual orientation or gender presentation discrimination. It means all our relationships are still second-class.

Good luck to you on the Florida coast, you’ll need it.