LGBT Pride and Shame

LGBT Pride and Shame

In case anyone missed it, for the second year in a row President Barack Hussein Obama has issued a presidential proclamation declaring June to be “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month.”

Carrying the same weight as Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves in 1863, Obama’s LGBT Pride Proclamation concludes with these stirring words: “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.”

Additional Excerpts:

. As Americans, it is our birthright that all people are created equal and deserve the same rights, privileges, and opportunities.

. LGBT Americans have enriched and strengthened the fabric of our national life.

. 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 . . .
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