ABBA's "Dancing Queen" filled the East Room,
as more than 200 prominent gays and lesbians gathered
for the first ever celebration of Pride month at the White House.
The President and First Lady entered
to thunderous applause.
President Obama told the group he is committed
to equality for their community.
"This struggle continues today,
for even as we face extraordinary challenges
as a nation,
we cannot and will not put aside issues of basic equality,"
he said,
"We seek an America in which no one feels the pain of discrimination based on who you
are or who you love."
Many gay and lesbians
believe the President has been slow to act on major issues like the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy,
and the Defense of Marriage Act. T
he President asked the group to focus on what has been accomplished so far.
"I know that many in this room don't believe
that progress has come fast enough,
and I understand that," he said,
"But I say this: We have made progress. And we will make more."
The President spoke about
his recently signed memorandum, guaranteeing benefits to same sex partners of federal workers.
While those include benefits like relocation and emergency evacuation -
health care, retirement and survivor benefits are left out.
"There are unjust laws to overturn
and unfair practices to stop,"
Mr. Obama said.
Among those, the President said,
the Defense of Marriage Act.
Mr. Obama also said he has called on Congress to a domestic partners law,
which would guarantee a range of benefits, most notably healthcare, to same sex couples.
The President also vowed to pass a hate crimes bill that would include protections for gays and lesbians,
and said the bill will be named for Matthew Shepard.
The gay University of Wyoming student,
whose parents were in the audience today,
was tortured and killed near Laramie in 1998.
His attackers were not charged with a hate crime.
The President also said he is committed to ending the ban on entry to the U.S. based on HIV status.
As to Don't Ask, Don't Tell,
the President said he believes the policy works against America's national security.
"My administration is already working with the Pentagon
and members of the House and the Senate
on how we'll go about ending this policy,
which will require an act of Congress,"
he said.
"I've asked the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop a plan for how to thoroughly implement a repeal."
Still, the President said government can only do so much. "Even as we take these steps, we must recognize that real progress depends not only on the laws we change, but, as I said before, on the hearts we open," he said.
He ended his speech with a promise to champion their cause in the days to come.
"I want you to know that, in this task, I will not only be your friend; I will continue to be an ally and a champion and a president who fights with you and for you," he said.
---
Political Punch
Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper
Political coverage and musings on pop culture from ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper and the ABC News White House team.
POTUS to LGBT: "Welcome to Your White House"
June 29, 2009
Yunjiblog ABC News'
Yunji de Nies reports
*************************************************************
BARRY SOETORO aka BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
IS A
USURPER
He is not eligible to be
President of the United States
because he is not a Natural Born Citizen
as required by Article Two, Section One, Clause Five of the United States Constitution.
This is a fact REGARDLESS of
where he was born (Mombassa, Hawaii, Chicago, Mecca or Mars).
He is not eligible
because he was not born of
TWO PARENTS
BOTH OF WHOM WERE UNITED STATES CITIZENS
at the time of his birth as required by the Constitution.
His father was a subject/ciitizen
of Kenya/Great Britain at the time of his birth and afterwards.
The FACT that he was not born of TWO US CITIZEN PARENTS is all that matters. The question of his birth certificate is a distraction (a distraction fostered by Obama’s supporters?) that ought not to occupy our time and resources.
However, it is possible that he is not a United States
citizen at all even if he was born in Kenya, as three witnesses have testified. The reason is because his mother could not pass her US citizenship on to her son because she did not live continuously in the United States for five full years after her fourteenth birthday as required by the US immigration law in effect during that period of time.
Check it out:
http://www.TheObamaFile.com/ObamaNaturalBorn.htm
Also, an excellent introductory primer on Obama Presiidential Eligibility is to be found at:
http://people.mags.net/tonchen/birthers.htm
His usurpation can only be corrected (1) by Congress through his Impeachment and Removal [something which will never happen in a Congress controlled by Pelosi/Reid], or (2) it can be
corrected by his resignation, which could happen if the public presssure on him to resign becomes great enough, or (3) by his removal by the United States Supreme Court affirming a Quo Warranto decision of the United States Federal District Court for the District of Columbia [which process Attorney General Eric Holder would never allow to even begin] or (4) by an amendment to the Constitution,
which will never happen because that again would require the agreement of a Congress controlled by Pelosi/Reid.
_
HERE IS THE QUESTION WHICH EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN SHOULD BE ASKING HIS OR HER CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS
“During the 2008 election, then Senator Obama published a statement at his website which said that his birth status was ‘governed’ by the British Nationality Act of 1948. Can you please tell me, and the American people, how a person governed - at birth - by British law, can be a natural born citizen of the United States and thus constitutionally eligible to be President of the United States?”
---
- Leo Rugiens
to thunderous applause.
President Obama told the group he is committed
to equality for their community.
"This struggle continues today,
for even as we face extraordinary challenges
as a nation,
we cannot and will not put aside issues of basic equality,"
he said,
"We seek an America in which no one feels the pain of discrimination based on who you
are or who you love."
Many gay and lesbians
believe the President has been slow to act on major issues like the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy,
and the Defense of Marriage Act. T
he President asked the group to focus on what has been accomplished so far.
"I know that many in this room don't believe
that progress has come fast enough,
and I understand that," he said,
"But I say this: We have made progress. And we will make more."
The President spoke about
his recently signed memorandum, guaranteeing benefits to same sex partners of federal workers.
While those include benefits like relocation and emergency evacuation -
health care, retirement and survivor benefits are left out.
"There are unjust laws to overturn
and unfair practices to stop,"
Mr. Obama said.
Among those, the President said,
the Defense of Marriage Act.
Mr. Obama also said he has called on Congress to a domestic partners law,
which would guarantee a range of benefits, most notably healthcare, to same sex couples.
The President also vowed to pass a hate crimes bill that would include protections for gays and lesbians,
and said the bill will be named for Matthew Shepard.
The gay University of Wyoming student,
whose parents were in the audience today,
was tortured and killed near Laramie in 1998.
His attackers were not charged with a hate crime.
The President also said he is committed to ending the ban on entry to the U.S. based on HIV status.
As to Don't Ask, Don't Tell,
the President said he believes the policy works against America's national security.
"My administration is already working with the Pentagon
and members of the House and the Senate
on how we'll go about ending this policy,
which will require an act of Congress,"
he said.
"I've asked the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop a plan for how to thoroughly implement a repeal."
Still, the President said government can only do so much. "Even as we take these steps, we must recognize that real progress depends not only on the laws we change, but, as I said before, on the hearts we open," he said.
He ended his speech with a promise to champion their cause in the days to come.
"I want you to know that, in this task, I will not only be your friend; I will continue to be an ally and a champion and a president who fights with you and for you," he said.
---
Political Punch
Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper
Political coverage and musings on pop culture from ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper and the ABC News White House team.
POTUS to LGBT: "Welcome to Your White House"
June 29, 2009
Yunjiblog ABC News'
Yunji de Nies reports
*************************************************************
BARRY SOETORO aka BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
IS A
USURPER
He is not eligible to be
President of the United States
because he is not a Natural Born Citizen
as required by Article Two, Section One, Clause Five of the United States Constitution.
This is a fact REGARDLESS of
where he was born (Mombassa, Hawaii, Chicago, Mecca or Mars).
He is not eligible
because he was not born of
TWO PARENTS
BOTH OF WHOM WERE UNITED STATES CITIZENS
at the time of his birth as required by the Constitution.
His father was a subject/ciitizen
of Kenya/Great Britain at the time of his birth and afterwards.
The FACT that he was not born of TWO US CITIZEN PARENTS is all that matters. The question of his birth certificate is a distraction (a distraction fostered by Obama’s supporters?) that ought not to occupy our time and resources.
However, it is possible that he is not a United States
citizen at all even if he was born in Kenya, as three witnesses have testified. The reason is because his mother could not pass her US citizenship on to her son because she did not live continuously in the United States for five full years after her fourteenth birthday as required by the US immigration law in effect during that period of time.
Check it out:
http://www.TheObamaFile.com/ObamaNaturalBorn.htm
Also, an excellent introductory primer on Obama Presiidential Eligibility is to be found at:
http://people.mags.net/tonchen/birthers.htm
His usurpation can only be corrected (1) by Congress through his Impeachment and Removal [something which will never happen in a Congress controlled by Pelosi/Reid], or (2) it can be
corrected by his resignation, which could happen if the public presssure on him to resign becomes great enough, or (3) by his removal by the United States Supreme Court affirming a Quo Warranto decision of the United States Federal District Court for the District of Columbia [which process Attorney General Eric Holder would never allow to even begin] or (4) by an amendment to the Constitution,
which will never happen because that again would require the agreement of a Congress controlled by Pelosi/Reid.
_
HERE IS THE QUESTION WHICH EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN SHOULD BE ASKING HIS OR HER CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS
“During the 2008 election, then Senator Obama published a statement at his website which said that his birth status was ‘governed’ by the British Nationality Act of 1948. Can you please tell me, and the American people, how a person governed - at birth - by British law, can be a natural born citizen of the United States and thus constitutionally eligible to be President of the United States?”
---
- Leo Rugiens
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