Posted on 06/25/2016 9:00:22 AM PDT by traumer
President Barack Obama created the first national monument to gay rights on Friday, designating the site of the Stonewall riots in Manhattan where the modern gay rights movement took root nearly five decades ago.
The Stonewall National Monument will be anchored by Christopher Park, a small park just across from the iconic Stonewall Inn tavern, and covers a 7.7 acre swath of Greenwhich Village where the uprising took place after police raided the gay bar in 1969. Obama said the monument would "tell the story of our struggle for LGBT rights" and of a civil rights movement that became a part of America.
"I believe our national parks should reflect the full story of our country: the richness and diversity and uniquely American spirit that has always defined us," Obama said. "That we are stronger together, that out of many, we are one."
To herald the designation, a White House video with photos of the monument was to be played at noon Saturday on the billboards in Times Square just as New York's annual pride celebration is getting under way, the White House said. The declaration also comes as advocates celebrate the one-year anniversary on Sunday of the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage nationwide.
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I always knew he was gay..
disgraceful. God is NOT pleased at all.
For a moment I thought this was Stonewall Jackson....
It’s a statue of Stinky the gerbil with a terrified look on its face.
Elections have consequences.
LOL.
Obama ought to have one shining moment of honesty and come out of the closet.
Did he belly up to the bar then look around and smile at the boyz in attendance?
He’s the first woman president.
He is so gay.
Obama admitting he's a fudge packer???
Clearly the move by some gutter trash America hating, God hating Manchurian candidate. And I’m sure the party of the RATs are celebrating his courage.
Homobama. The first pervert president.
Obama wants to keep homosexuals (and everyone else) from protecting themselves, but he’ll pretend to care by naming a mafia owned building as a monument for them.
I hope the homosexual community sees what a hypocrite is occupying the Oval Office.
A national monument to sodomy!!!!!!Unbelievable.
Finally Obama finds an American Exceptionalism he can embrace.
“”Obama said the monument would “tell the story of our struggle for LGBT rights” and of a civil rights movement that became a part of America.””
OUR struggle? There isn’t any OUR struggle - just the small % of perverts in the country. Hardly comparable to REAL STRUGGLES in our history.
“”I believe our national parks should reflect the full story of our country: the richness and diversity and uniquely American spirit that has always defined us,” Obama said. “That we are stronger together, that out of many, we are one.””
Those two sentences are such a crock! American spirit that has “always defined us.” Merely words to this jerk. He has no idea what has defined us. I’m surprised he didn’t say, “IT’S WHO WE ARE.”
I’m sure I’m not the only one who doesn’t need to be lectured to about the “full story of our country.” He doesn’t ACCEPT the “full story of our country”. He already promised that he would TRANSFORM and CHANGE our country and he’s nearly finished with that. He would like to erase the entire white race from the history of OUR COUNTRY!
We would like to erase him from our history!!!!! Sadly, we’ll be living with the aftermath of his work for years to come!
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