Posted on 06/01/2009 10:21:16 PM PDT by Cindy
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THE BRIEFING ROOM
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary
___________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 1, 2009
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans.
LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society. There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. LGBT Americans also mobilized the Nation to respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role in broadening this country's response to the HIV pandemic.
Due in no small part to the determination and dedication of the LGBT rights movement, more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly today than ever before. I am proud to be the first President to appoint openly LGBT candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration. These individuals embody the best qualities we seek in public servants, and across my Administration -- in both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism.
The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress, but there is more work to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.
My Administration has partnered with the LGBT community to advance a wide range of initiatives. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. We must also commit ourselves to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic by both reducing the number of HIV infections and providing care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS across the United States.
These issues affect not only the LGBT community, but also our entire Nation. As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
BARACK OBAMA
...Slouching towards Gomorrah.
No!
I refuse to allow my birth-month to be “Sexual Deviant Month”, I refuse!
Just for reference so_real, I never joke and I don’t post satire.
Plus, I always link to the source.
Is this one of Obumma’s agendas?
Oh my heart bleeds for you straight America!
I’m waiting for Dumbass Halfrican American Communist Month.
I meant no offense, Cindy. Lately I’ve been fooled by satire quite a bit on FR ... because with this current administration it is all so ridiculously believable. This item, more than any of the others, shocked me. I do appreciate your getting the word out; this is the first I’ve seen of it. Believe me, I’ll be sharing this in the morning.
No offense taken so_real.
Yes, I encourage everyone to go to their local, state, and federal leadership sites on a regular basis. It often makes for interesting reading.
HAH!
Opps, spit my breakfast coffee out on that one!!! :^D
Aw... get off the fence! :^D
Unreal - if Obama hadn’t told us he is Christian, it would be very difficult to believe. Jesus said we could judge people according to the fruit they produce. IOW, don’t listen to what they say, watch what they do. Obama’s actions speak volumes.
obama is pure evil, but I think the Antichrist would be smarter. The thug in our White House is that way by choice, not by destiny.
Whenever I see him walking around on tv, I think he is gay. He’s got this girly motion to his walk.
that’s the 30 days you’ll get in jail for being a “racist” and even suggesting such a thing!
The saddest part of all this is the high percentage of those that voted for him still have no clue that we have an evil man in the White House....
I think the Biblical Tribulation is drawing near.
"Woe to them who call good evil and evil good."
God have mercy upon America and deliver us from this evil, in Jesus name amen.
You have to be careful on these pages of being accused of believing “God is wispering in your ear” telling you when he will have mercy or not have mercy, and upon whom.
There are many people here who think the Scriptures are either silent, or are of no more value that the Car Trader rag where it regards morality, God’s protection, judgment, nations, history, Christian tradition, and so forth.
But you are absolutely correct, and I join you in your prayer to our Lord for His mercies. Amen!
Unreal - if Obama hadn’t told us he is Christian, it would be very difficult to believe.
That’s because he’s not one.
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