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whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/03/presidential-proclamation-lgbt-pride-month
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release May 31, 2013
Presidential Proclamation — Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2013
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2013
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
For more than two centuries, our Nation has struggled to transform the ideals of liberty and equality from founding promise into lasting reality. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans and their allies have been hard at work on the next great chapter of that history — from the patrons of The Stonewall Inn who sparked a movement to service members who can finally be honest about who they love to brave young people who come out and speak out every day.
This year, we celebrate LGBT Pride Month at a moment of great hope and progress, recognizing that more needs to be done. Support for LGBT equality is growing, led by a generation which understands that, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” In the past year, for the first time, voters in multiple States affirmed marriage equality for same-sex couples. State and local governments have taken important steps to provide much-needed protections for transgender Americans.
My Administration is a proud partner in the journey toward LGBT equality. We extended hate crimes protections to include attacks based on sexual orientation or gender identity and repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” We lifted the HIV entry ban and ensured hospital visitation rights for LGBT patients. Together, we have investigated and addressed pervasive bullying faced by LGBT students, prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Federal housing, and extended benefits for same-sex domestic partners. Earlier this year, I signed a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the implementation of any VAWA-funded program. And because LGBT rights are human rights, my Administration is implementing the first-ever Federal strategy to advance equality for LGBT people around the world.
We have witnessed real and lasting change, but our work is not complete. I continue to support a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, as well as the Respect for Marriage Act. My Administration continues to implement the Affordable Care Act, which beginning in 2014, prohibits insurers from denying coverage to consumers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which addresses the disparate impact of the HIV epidemic among certain LGBT sub-communities. We have a long way to go, but if we continue on this path together, I am confident that one day soon, from coast to coast, all of our young people will look to the future with the same sense of promise and possibility. I am confident because I have seen the talent, passion, and commitment of LGBT advocates and their allies, and I know that when voices are joined in common purpose, they cannot be stopped.
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 2013 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
BARACK OBAMA
Speaking of Stonewall Inn...
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Posted on June 18, 2012 2:35:34 PM PDT by IbJensen
He forgot to mention how black Democrats turned him down on the forced celebration of sodomy in Illinois.
I want a national firearms owner month.
The only thing “turning” is decent Americans’ stomachs.
There should be NO LAWS on the state or federal books which are based on sexual relationships between it’s citizens. The government has no business being there.
Its getting pretty tiring, so much so that most of the gays I happen to know, think that the whole mess should just go away.
Politics is about the distribution and exercise of power in society, and sexuality is so inflamatory and personal to each citizen, that it has no basis for establishing power in any person or group as a foundation, all of which is entirely dysfunctional to society in general, in the areas of health, law, administration of law, military and government. We are a nation now known for who we F—K and who we do not F—K. Oh how we have fallen! As a people we have allowed ourselves to be defined solely by who we happen to have sexual relations with.
Gay legislation makes a mockery of the fundamental freedoms we should all enjoy as a people. No good ends will ever come from any of it.