President Obama said Wednesday that he doesn’t think the “disillusionment” that some LGBT people have for his administration thus far is “justified.” He also refused to say whether he believes “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is unconstitutional. And he said he has a strategy for getting the military ban on gays repealed in the lame-duck session.

The remarks came during a 45-minute group interview Oct. 27 with a group of five progressive bloggers. Only one of the five was gay: Joe Sudbay, who blogs at americablog.com. The interview took place in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, a daily meeting room next to the Oval Office.

If given a second chance as Georgia’s governor, Roy Barnes will back a gay-inclusive hate crimes law and oppose discrimination on any basis, including sexual orientation.

“The way that I have always stated these issues is that there shouldn’t be discrimination against anyone. I believe that was shown while I was governor. I did not ask anyone whether they were gay or straight, I chose the best person and some of those happened to be gay. So I intend to do the same thing,” Barnes said during an interview Oct. 25 at a fundraiser organized by the Democratic Party of Georgia’s new LGBT caucus.