Kerry apologizes for State Department discrimination against LGBT employees

CNN ^ | January 9, 2017 | By Theodore Schleifer and Laura Koran

[Brad from Tennessee]

(CNN)The State Department on Monday formally apologized for what it describes as decades of discrimination against LGBT employees and job applicants, a rare statement meant to right wrongs that preceded current Secretary of State John Kerry.

"These actions were wrong then, just as they would be wrong today," Kerry said in a statement issued by the department in his name. "On behalf of the Department, I apologize to those who were impacted by the practices of the past."

Kerry has been under pressure in recent weeks to issue a public apology.

In November, Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat who is the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote a letter to Kerry, published by the Washington Blade, asking that he "take steps to remedy a deep stain on our national history and that of the State Department itself: The legacy of the so-called 'lavender scare' in which hundreds of State Department employees were dismissed from service because of their perceived sexual orientation. . ."

[DungeonMaster]

2% of the population are sure wanting to run the world. Ambassadors, CEOs, board of directors, etc. etc...

The bible story of Sodom an Gomorrah implies that the 2 percent is on the increase and will continue to increase. It will feed on itself.

[Albion Wilde]

“Yeah, I’m sorry. Bye, now!”