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Posted on 06/01/2010 1:32:44 PM PDT by TaraP
As Americans, it is our birthright that all people are created equal and deserve the same rights, privileges, and opportunities. Since our earliest days of independence, our Nation has striven to fulfill that promise. An important chapter in our great, unfinished story is the movement for fairness and equality on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. This month, as we recognize the immeasurable contributions of LGBT Americans, we renew our commitment to the struggle for equal rights for LGBT Americans and to ending prejudice and injustice wherever it exists.
LGBT Americans have enriched and strengthened the fabric of our national life. From business leaders and professors to athletes and first responders, LGBT individuals have achieved success and prominence in every discipline. They are our mothers and fathers, our sons and daughters, and our friends and neighbors. Across my Administration, openly LGBT employees are serving at every level. Thanks to those who came before us the brave men and women who marched, stood up to injustice, and brought change through acts of compassion or defiance we have made enormous progress and continue to strive for a more perfect union.
My Administration has advanced our journey by signing into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which strengthens Federal protections against crimes based on gender identity or sexual orientation. We renewed the Ryan White CARE Act, which provides life saving medical services and support to Americans living with HIV/AIDS, and finally eliminated the HIV entry ban. I also signed a Presidential Memorandum directing hospitals receiving Medicare and Medicaid funds to give LGBT patients the compassion and security they deserve in their time of need, including the ability to choose someone other than an immediate family member to visit them and make medical decisions.
In other areas, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a series of proposals to ensure core housing programs are open to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. HUD also announced the first ever national study of discrimination against members of the LGBT community in the rental and sale of housing. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services has created a National Resource Center for LGBT Elders.
Much work remains to fulfill our Nation's promise of equal justice under law for LGBT Americans. That is why we must give committed gay couples the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple, and repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. We must protect the rights of LGBT families by securing their adoption rights, ending employment discrimination against LGBT Americans, and ensuring Federal employees receive equal benefits. We must create safer schools so all our children may learn in a supportive environment. I am also committed to ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" so patriotic LGBT Americans can serve openly in our military, and I am working with the Congress and our military leadership to accomplish that goal.
As we honor the LGBT Americans who have given so much to our Nation, let us remember that if one of us is unable to realize full equality, we all fall short of our founding principles. Our Nation draws its strength from our diversity, with each of us contributing to the greater whole. By affirming these rights and values, each American benefits from the further advancement of liberty and justice for all.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2010 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month by fighting prejudice and discrimination in their own lives and everywhere it exists.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
BARACK OBAMA
Maybe he meant all in the same person.
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They're still in the "closet", so to speak, but don't worry ! Obummer will proclaim how wonderful they are, along with every other known perversion. Hey, just because someone has a relationship with their neighbor's dog doesn't mean they're not an exemplary human being !
/vomiting
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Yes, one month out of the twelve to "honor" those who practice unnatural sex and make that perversion their identity. 0thugga did say that he and Mrs. 0thugga would be the "best friends" homosexuals (of course he said "gays and lesbians", not sure of the Ts and Bs were included by name in that statement, I think not) ever had in the White House. He was telling the truth.
0thugga is offense personified.
Thank you for some very revealing photos.
I believe he has a personal interest in this.
I think that’s becoming crystal clear!
Absolutely he is!
He is a disgrace, more so every day, to this great country.
Absolutely he is!
He is a disgrace, more so every day, to this great country.
And I think that fact is becoming more apparent every day, to more Americans.
It’s also turning out, coincidentally, to be “oily black tar in the Gulf” month, too.
But, not even a single day for those that believe in prayer if a recent court ruling stands. It's an upside nation.
Good idea comrade...
[might as well get used to the idea]
“LGBT Americans have enriched and strengthened the fabric of our national life. “ How has a bunch of perverts enriched and strengthened America?
We can’t close the borders but we can celebrate a man’s right to use the woman’s bathroom ... we are so screwed ...
Oh wait, the Left doesn't like that homosexual.
Same way they went after 2 gay man in the 2006 “culture of corruption” smear.
Barney Frank must be the good gay man, his malfeasance brought the Democrats a victory of the White House in 2008. No one remembers the timeline on the banking collapse now.
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