Posted on 05/30/2014 4:59:00 PM PDT by jazusamo
The National Park Service announced Friday that it will launch a study to identify places of historical significance to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
Secretary Sally Jewell made the announcement at The Stonewall Inn, which was the site of the 1969 riots that helped launch the modern gay rights movement. It is currently the only site in the country designated a national landmark.
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So now public restrooms will have historic markers?
We need a $250k study to find this “Constitution” thing I’ve heard about.
OMG! How many days left of this Obambmination?
What a great use of taxpayer money.
1. highway rest stops
2. city alleys
3. public park restrooms
4. SF peepshow arcades
5. bars
Those creepy ‘RAT bass turds sure do love to waste OUR money. They all need to be in jail. Every one of them.
Yup, the stickier the floor, the more historically ‘significant’.
Blowing Rock, N.C? (sorry)
The hole Obama is digging in hell for himself gets deeper and deeper. It is going to be deeper than most of the homo’s holes in hell. Because he is a provider and supporter plus an active participant.
While our veterans are neglected and left to die.
Impeach the traitor!!
Loring Park in MPLS.
A gay rights outfit is donating the $250K but it’s a complete waste of time for the NPS and Interior Dept.
However if they come up with any landmarks it’ll be taxpayer money to maintain them.
Good grief. Doesn’t he have bigger fish to fry? What a loser.
Thanks...I missed it and those are great graphics.
We are witnessing the glorification of sexual deviancy.
From a PBS website about their “American Experience” series:
Already a strong presence in New York, members of the Mafia saw a business opportunity in catering to the otherwise shunned gay population. By the mid-1960s, the Genovese crime family controlled the majority of gay bars in Greenwich Village, a neighborhood in southern Manhattan that was quickly becoming a hub for the city’s burgeoning gay community. In 1966, young Genovese family member Tony Lauria purchased the Stonewall Inn, then a low-earning ‘straight’ bar and restaurant. “Fat Tony,” as he was known, renovated at low cost and reopened the Christopher Street club as a gay bar, controlling everything from the jukebox to the cigarettes. He bribed New York’s Sixth Police Precinct with around $1,200 a month to turn a blind eye to the goings on at the establishment.
To circumvent liquor license laws, the Stonewall Inn operated under the guise of a private “bottle club” — a practice not unusual for New York’s gay bars at the time. Unlike public bars, private clubs did not require a liquor license, and they were not as easily entered into or raided by the police. To maintain the illusion of a club’s exclusivity, Stonewall required patrons to sign their names in a book upon entry, therefore indicating their membership. (Pseudonyms were used almost exclusively, however.)
With little police enforcement of local laws, Fat Tony was able to cut corners on safety and hygiene. Bartenders did not have access to running water behind the bar, so often served drinks in dirty, used glasses; many Gay Rights groups blamed the Stonewall for a 1969 outbreak of hepatitis among its patrons. In violation of city code, Stonewall also lacked a rear exit, leaving the narrow front door as the only escape in the event of a fire or emergency. The alcohol served at the bar (rumored to be stolen or bootlegged) was watered-down and sold to patrons at top-shelf prices.
Stonewall’s owners also reportedly engaged in extortion. Employees singled out wealthy patrons who were not public about their sexuality, and blackmailed them for large sums of money with the threat of being ‘outed.’ This practice eventually became the most profitable aspect of the Mafia’s club management.
Impeach the traitor!!
AMEN!
Obama and lapdogs ignore our veterans and promote this crap.
Found one. White House 2009-Present....To continue if Hillary is elected.
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