Tag: President Obama
Obama Faces Disappointment From the Left
President Obama’s decision to begin to withdraw from Afghanistan reflects a deepening rift between his Administration and his former sycophants on the left. On a score of issues, the liberal community has begun to tire of their president.
HRC Statement on DADT Repeal Certification
The Human Rights Campaign – America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation – lauded today’s certification of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
HRC Statement on White House Support for Respect for Marriage Act
Today at a White House news conference, Press Secretary Jay Carney announced President Obama’s support for the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal recognition to legally married same-sex couples.
We Can Save Medicare for Gays
If we do not act now, the failure of leadership by President Obama and Democrats in Congress will lead our Medicare system to certain bankruptcy. We can save Medicare for current seniors — gay and straight — and make sure it’s around for today’s young people by supporting Representative Paul Ryan, House Budget Chairman.
HRC Praises New Federal Guidance on Protecting Transgender Federal Workers
The Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest LGBT civil rights organisation, today praised the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for publishing guidance regarding transgender federal employees. Pursuant to a June 2009 presidential memorandum regarding federal employees, OPM added gender identity to the categories protected under the equal employment opportunity policy for Executive Branch positions.
Solmonese: ‘Reasonable people would conclude that the RNC believes in discrimination against LGBT people’
Yesterday, Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, sent a letter to Republican National Committee Chairman, Reince Priebus, questioning a new RNC website that demonises progress toward LGBT equality.