The Obamas have had such a rough month the skin is getting thin. > > Michelle Obama Has No Patience with Gay Rights Heckler, Threatens to Leave > > By HNGN Staff Reporter <http://www.hngn.com/reporters/hngn-staff-reporter>| > Jun 05, 2013 02:37 AM EDT > [image: Michelle Obama] > Michelle Obama threatens to leave fundraiser after lesbian protester > heckles her - and the White House deletes exchange from official transcript > (Photo : Reuters) > First Lady Michelle Obama surprised by a heckler Tuesday evening at a > Democratic National Committee event in Washington, D.C., however, she > quickly an promptly addressed the heckler, making it clear she was not > there to tolerate that behavior. > While the first lady was speaking to approximately 200 Democratic Party > loyalists who paid up to $10,000 to attend the event at a posh Washington > home of a wealthy lesbian couple, the heckler interrupted Obama's speech > after she was 12 minutes into her 20 minute speech. > The First Lady was > interrupted<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/06/04/michelle-obama-confronts-protester-threatens-to-leave-fundraiser/> > by > activist Ellen Sturtz from LGBT rights group GetEqual. The protest called > for President Obama to sign an executive order that would prohibit > contractors from discriminating based on sexual orientation or > identity. The First Lady's response was not quite as graceful as her > husband's two weeks ago during his national security speech. President > Obama patiently allowed the protestor finish his point, saying her "voice > is worth paying attention to," before finishing his speech. > Michelle Obama's was the complete opposite. As soon as Sturtz interrupted > her speech, Obama paused her speech and confronted Sturtz "eye to eye", The > *Washington Post* > reports<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/06/04/michelle-obama-confronts-protester-threatens-to-leave-fundraiser/>. > The exchange was deleted from the official transcript. > "One of the things that I don't do well is this," she said to applause > from most of the guests, according to a White House transcript. "Do you > understand?" > Obama then left the lectern and moved over to the protester. According to > the report, Obama said to Strutz "Listen to me or you can take the mic, but > I'm leaving. You all decide. You have one choice." > The audience immediately began to shout that they wanted the First Lady to > stay, and a woman seated near Sturtz told > her<http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/michelle-obama-heckled-for-presidents-inaction-on-proposed-l>, > "You need to go!" > After Sturtz was escorted out, she was asked what she made of what had > just transpired. "She came right down in my face," Sturtz told the > Washington Post. 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