Obama: I'll Commemorate Sunday as ‘International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia’

CNSNews ^ | May 16, 2015 | Staff

[jazusamo]

Paste your docume(CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama issued a statement on Saturday indicating that he and First Lady Michelle Obama would commemorate this Sunday as "the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia."

In the statement, the preisdent said he is working to "address the specific needs of transgender persons."

Here is the president's statement :

Michelle and I join our fellow Americans and others around the world in commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia tomorrow, May 17. We take this opportunity to reaffirm that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights are human rights, to celebrate the dignity of every person, and to underscore that all people deserve to live free from fear, violence, and discrimination, regardless of who they are or whom they love.

We work toward this goal every day. Here at home, we are working to end bias-motivated violence, combat discrimination in the workplace, and address the specific needs of transgender persons. Overseas, I am proud of the steps that the United States has taken to prioritize the protection and promotion of LGBT rights in our diplomacy and global outreach.

There is much more to do, and this fight for equality will not be won in a day. But we will keep working, at home and abroad, and we will keep fighting, for however long it takes until we are all able to live free and equal in dignity and rights.nt here

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

LOLOLOL! Post 34 is hilarious.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I’ve never seen a man so enamored with homos and transexuals.

[MeshugeMikey]

“Michelle and I join our fellow Americans and others “’

Who are these so called fello...Oh FELLOW...Americans now I get it!!

one of the comments on the article pages suggested that men wearing pink shorts...and such was not the way to get the average joe to agree with these people.

i think it might be a bit broader negative response than that.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Great, Zero. Who’s your wife bringing as a date?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

This has to be satire. This can NOT be true.

[BigEdLB]

I have Marxistophobia where is my Sunday?

[MNDude]

FUBO!

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

That is the perfect passage to have posted.

[Iron Munro]

Barack Obama’s Priorities:

1 - Islam

2 - Homosexuality and other sexual perversions

3 - Race

4 - Destroying traditional American culture

[TChad]

It’s good to see John Semmens posting without the satire warning.

[VerySadAmerican]

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

Only two out of four of these people can ever become a “mother”. And that’s not likely.

[IronJack]

And I will designate Sunday as "Perfectly Acceptable to Reject Sexual Deviants Day."

Or "Good Day to Worship in the Church of Your Choice."

Or "The Sabbath." Although someone with much greater authority than I already gave it that designation.

[VerySadAmerican]

Spawn of satan? There’s no doubt there are a lot of people who are afraid of him. You may be right. Personally, I don’t doubt it.

[RedStateGuyTrappedinCT]

Why doesn't Barry just get it over with, come out of the closet and run off with Reggie Love.

If. This putz spent half the time he spends on homosexual issues doing something about national security, we'd be in a much better place as a nation.

[Colorado Doug]

No that’s an important priority in this world. /s

[Guenevere]

This is a joke, right?

[Iron Munro]

[bgill]

Barf

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Why do we celebrate the mentally ill in America? Why?

[shibumi]