Posted on 07/27/2013 3:26:52 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Thomas Bayard, a former senator and secretary of state, became the first American diplomat to be given the title ambassador when he was sent to London in 1893. Since then a few thousand people have had that honor. But only three of them have been openly gay.
That is about to change. Last month, President Obama put forward the names of five openly gay nominees for ambassadorial posts. Its a remarkable step, though possibly less revolutionary than it appears. For while the nominations reflect the change in public attitudes toward the LGBT community, they also show the importance of domestic political constituencies and the money they raise. And even if the United States is moving forward on gay rights, a large part of the rest of the world lags far behind.
It was only 16 years ago that the first openly gay person was nominated to an ambassadorial posting. President Bill Clinton put forward James Hormels name in 1997 for Luxembourg, a country smaller in population than the District of Columbia, and immediately ran into congressional opposition. Several senators firmly opposed Hormel, a prominent philanthropist and grandson of the founder of the meat company that created Spam, because he was gay. . .
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I agree with the article.
Lets send homo Ambassadors to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Indonesia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.
Hillary is available for Libya.
Maybe... just maybe... because their sex life is not something that should be on the front page headlines when they are negotiating sensitive treaties and agreements, particularly in many cultures and societies that view open sexuality of ANY kind to be improper? Could that POSSIBLY be it, you twit of a journalism major?
There are very few openly promiscuous ambassadors, as well. I'm sure some ARE, but they're smart enough to "keep in the closet", so to speak, so they can keep their cushy job.
What kind of mind wonders how many openly homosexual ambassadors have been out there?
Hillary also promoted from her first day in the job as Secretary State the very same LGBT Agenda the DOD is now implementing, e.g., your partner becomes entitled to all the rights of family members and spouses. An example is Rio de Janeiro where a second generation black FSO went to Pakistan and his Brazilian boyfriend was given his official residence to live in for excess of one year during that deployment, and if they remain together will fly to Bangkok on the tax payers dime - there is no Congressional funding so this comes from discretionary funding for over five years. Both the Congress and Senate have been aware of the use of official funds to promote this type of diversity. Interesting, challenges to this diversity in the form of normal married couples wanting a third partner did not fly but the real problem is an Agenda was funded with official government monies, even though not codified in Law. There is no budget.
A: "Openly"
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