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Kerry Marks Transgender Day of Remembrance—Killed Because of ‘Who They Are and Who They Love’
Cybercast News Service ^ | November 22, 2013 - 4:18 PM | Penny Starr

Posted on 11/22/2013 9:07:40 PM PST by Olog-hai

Secretary of State John Kerry marked “Transgender Day of Remembrance” Wednesday, noting that these individuals are “harassed, arrested or even killed simply because of who they are and who they love.”

The U.S. was joining the international event by “honoring the memory of lives lost to violence provoked by fear and hatred of transgender and gender non-conforming people,” he said.

Kerry said despite “tremendous progress in advancing the rights of LGBT people” these individuals still face violence, including in the United States. …

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: democrat; democrats; homosexualagenda; homosexuals; jfkerry; johnkerry; kerry; lgbt; obama; transexual; transgender
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To: Olog-hai
..noting that these individuals are “harassed, arrested or even killed simply because of who they are and who they love.”

and who they try to pickup.

21 posted on 11/23/2013 5:37:36 AM PST by Vinnie
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To: Maudeen

You need to accept grace to be saved by it. Jesus did describe the end times as being like the days of Noah, and that’s a great shame; there are lots of the type of people on this planet right now of which God said He was sorry to have made.


22 posted on 11/23/2013 10:26:04 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Secretary of State John Kerry marked “Transgender Day of Remembrance” Wednesday

What, it isn't a NATIONAL HOLIDAY?? Lets ban Christmas and give that day a Holiday!!!

I hope I don't need a '/s'

23 posted on 11/24/2013 9:47:09 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (Ben Carson/Rand Paul or Sara/Nikki in 2016)
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