Isn’t June the month that we normally think of for Weddings? Is it coincidence or intentional then, that President Obama has declared June the National Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Month…I kid you not.
In a presidential proclamation on the White House website, Barack Obama has lauded what he calls “the determination and dedication” of the LGBT movement by proclaiming June as “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.”
“The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress,” Obama states in the official proclamation, “but there is more to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.”
The proclamation, released on Monday, credits the LGBT movement with being a factor in more Americans who ascribe to those groups “living their lives openly today than ever before.”The president also takes pride in being the first U.S. chief executive to appoint “openly LGBT” candidates to
Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an administration.
He uses the proclamation to emphasize LGBT-related initiatives that he intends to pursue in the future — both domestically and internationally.
“I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexual around the world,” he states. “Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans.”
Wait a minute…Korea has been openly firing nuclear missles, Iran has been given the thumbs up for nuclear power (even though the US has not), Israel is threatening to attack Iran…It seems to me that there are a number of international “initiatives” the president could be “pursuing”…but promoting bisexuality just doesn’t strike me as one of them.
I fear we could be becoming the laughing stock of the world!
What next? Celebrate a Pedophile Week? Dominatrix Day? Sado/Masochism Saturday?
This is insanity. Nix that. This is America.
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Pole dancers. A special day to celebrate pole dancing.
I am Polish, and I like to dance, so this day would be quite special to me….
I’m pretty sure it has more to do with the timing of pride parades. For the most part they take place in June, so why not make it Pride month?
Not that bad considering we had a “year of the Bible” under Reagan, may as well at least give them a month. It’s not a huge deal. How many people outside the extremes of each party would really notice or care otherwise?
Dan,
This is what Reagan said about the Year of the Bible.
Of the many influences that have shaped the United States of America into a distinctive Nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.
Deep religious beliefs stemming from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible inspired many of the early settlers of our country, providing them with the strength, character, convictions, and faith necessary to withstand great hardship and danger in this new and rugged land. These shared beliefs helped forge a sense of common purpose among the widely dispersed colonies — a sense of community which laid the foundation for the spirit of nationhood that was to develop in later decades.
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers’ abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible’s teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual. This same sense of man patterned the convictions of those who framed the English system of law inherited by our own Nation, as well as the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
For centuries the Bible’s emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent outreach such as private charity, the establishment of schools and hospitals, and the abolition of slavery.
Many of our greatest national leaders — among them Presidents Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, and Wilson — have recognized the influence of the Bible on our country’s development. The plainspoken Andrew Jackson referred to the Bible as no less than “the rock on which our Republic rests.” Today our beloved America and, indeed, the world, is facing a decade of enormous challenge. As a people we may well be tested as we have seldom, if ever, been tested before. We will need resources of spirit even more than resources of technology, education, and armaments. There could be no more fitting moment than now to reflect with gratitude, humility, and urgency upon the wisdom revealed to us in the writing that Abraham Lincoln called “the best gift God has ever given to man . . . But for it we could not know right from wrong.”
The Congress of the United States, in recognition of the unique contribution of the Bible in shaping the history and character of this Nation, and so many of its citizens, has by Senate Joint Resolution 165 authorized and requested the President to designate the year 1983 as the “Year of the Bible.”
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, in recognition of the contributions and influence of the Bible on our Republic and our people, do hereby proclaim 1983 the Year of the Bible in the United States. I encourage all citizens, each in his or her own way, to reexamine and rediscover its priceless and timeless message.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and seventh.
Ronald Reagan
Are you honestly comparing the fact that our entire country was founded on biblical principles to a bunch of men in tights french kissing each other on a float???? Shame on you.
“Are you honestly comparing the fact that our entire country was founded on biblical principles to a bunch of men in tights french kissing each other on a float???? ”
A bunch of men in tights french kissing each other on a float is infinitely more amusing. :-p
@Dan: Minnesota’s Pride isn’t until July or August. We’re speshul like that.
MK-
As I’m sure you could guess, I don’t believe the country was founded on Biblical principals in the least, so if you want to talk about arbitrary naming, then yes. I don’t see it as all that different in the end.
ANND because I thought you would find this entertaining Rae:
http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson94.html
@Dan: OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
I will be spamming all of my Uni friends on Facebook. Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha.
WHAT ABOUT POLE DANCING MONTH? Focus, people, focus.
I support pole dancing month!
And poll dancing month, but this will be in November.
Helen- did you see the link to the drawing I did a few weeks ago that I thought you may like?
Rae, I don’t remember. I don’t think so. I might not have gone back to check the comments on that post. Once it isn’t on the same page as the newer posts, I figure that party is over…Thanks for thinking of me.
Well since his highness has officially declared us a Muslim country, perhaps we will have a year of the Koran.
@Helen: So a day of polkas, polonaises, and mazurkas or half-full naked bump and grind around a fire pole? Just trying to get the costuming in order.
@Rae: Costuming is easy for the November poll dance – brownshirts with that little Obama circle thingy in place of the swastikas
How many times do we have to prove to you that you are wrong on this belief? I feel like I’m banging my head on a brick wall with you.
From the Declaration of Independence:
the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, ……..
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
I think the words “endowed by their Creator” was not in the original draft – it was added before the final signing to enhance the religious tone of the document.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States,
The word rectitude means “Moral uprightness; righteousness.”
And then…….
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/index.htm
And now for the Constitution:
It doesn’t mention God because it was the first US governmental document that separates Church and State. We based much of our government on the Roman Republic – it is called Trias Politica – or Seperartion of Powers. In that there is the Laicite, which ensures freedom of Religion by preventing Governmental interference in its practices. It was and is common practice to not have religious references in governmental documentation that want to follow Laicite especially in Constitutions.
However, the mention of God in our declaration of independence shows the religious tone of our founders and their intentions.
Now, there is the “talking point” from the atheists that like to bring up the fallacy that the founding fathers were not religious. They did fully believe in God and they fully believed that God created us. They believed in the bible – which is evident in Jefferson’s Bible – which only removed the parts where supernatural events surrounded humans in the New Testament (the old Testament was left alone) Their basis is the lie that most of the founding fathers were Deists. This is untrue.
http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html
The majority of the founding fathers were Episcopalian/Anglican, Presbyterian, Congregationalists, and Quaker. All these are very much biblical and they are also Christian.
The only Deists were Cornelius Harnett, Benjamen Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. The rest were Protestant with one Catholic. Deism has a very firm belief in God and in the biblical teachings. They just don’t believe that people can have supernatural power and do not believe that Jesus was the Son of God. Deism is very prominent in the Unitarianism and Universalism religions today which have the bible as their primary focus of study.
First of all, Rae and Deel, I want to say thank you for coming back to the important topic here. pole dancing.
I am rather thinking polkas and mazurkas….around a stripper pole! Yeah! Cross cultural, BABY! WOOOOO! How much more diversity can anyone ask for?