New White House Website Shows LGBT Rights An Agenda Priority
January 20, 2009 by Justin Cole, GLAAD's Director of Digital Media
The newly re-launched WhiteHouse.gov, the website of the Obama administration, lists out the administration’s upcoming agenda priorities. Among those priorities are Civil Rights, in which “Support for the LGBT Community” is listed:
Support for the LGBT Community
“While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, this issue is about who we are as Americans. It’s about whether this nation is going to live up to its founding promise of equality by treating all its citizens with dignity and respect.”
– Barack Obama, June 1, 2007
The priorities listed include: Expand Hate Crimes Statutes, Fight Workplace Discrimination, Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples, Oppose a Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage, Repeal Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell, Expand Adoption Rights, Promote AIDS Prevention, and Empower Women to Prevent HIV/AIDS.
You can click here to see more details on each of the administration’s priorities.
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