Posted on 06/28/2011 5:41:08 AM PDT by markomalley
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday that the State Department played an instrumental role in “sealing the deal” for pop-rock star Lady Gaga to perform at a gay pride rally in Rome, Italy.
Clinton specifically pointed to a letter that David Thorne, the U.S. ambassador to Italy, sent to Lady Gaga urging her to participate in the event.
“And then there is the work that our embassy team in Rome has been doing,” Clinton said. “Two weeks ago they played an instrumental role in bringing Lady Gaga to Italy for a Euro Pride concert.
“Now as many of you know Lady Gaga is Italian American and a strong supporter of LGBT rights,” said Clinton. “And the organizers of the Euro Pride event desperately wanted her to perform and a letter to her from Ambassador Thorne was instrumental in sealing the deal.”
Mrs. Clinton made the remarks at the State Department at a celebration of LGBT Pride Month co-hosted by the department and Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA), a group that, according to its website, “represents lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) personnel and their families in the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Commercial Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and other foreign affairs agencies and offices in the U.S. Government.”
On June 11, Lady Gaga performed at a rally at the ancient Circus Maximus in Rome, Italy. The rally followed a gay pride march through the city of Rome.
Gaga sparked controversy earlier this year with the release of her song “Judas” in early May. The video depicted Gaga as a Mary Magdalene figure--in a motorcycle gang—who becomes enamoured with Judas. “The video opens with a motorcycle gang cruising down a freeway, as Gaga clutches onto a Jesus-like figure who wears a golden crown of thorns,” said a Billboard.com description of the video.
“Oh, I'm in love with Judas, Judas,” says the song. “In the most Biblical sense I am beyond repentance. Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her mind.”
Nice to know our diplomatic corps has its priorities in order.
The New America.
Hope and Change.
*puke*
So somebody else has told me.
Sure would be nice if people posted the entire title of the article when it's less than 100 characters.
LLS
So 'PROUD' to be a Loser in things eternal? Astoundingly stupid are the willfully blinded minds. Their 'heaven on earth' is the best it ever gets for them.
Hellary is more of a reprobate than I realized. LIEberal woman are trashy and love the same.
Strange times, indeed.
What the heck is the US State Dept. doing involved in this? Just when I think this administration can sink no lower....
How much farther down can people in this administration pull this country....these current people are doing everything opposite of what and how I was taught and laughing in my face. How disturbing. They are making the last part of my living life a miserable nightmare.
Don't worry about it -- FR generally has different readers online at different times. Would be different if there were four or five of the same article posted over a couple of hours.
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