LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/06/24/president-obama-designates-stonewall-national-monument Since taking office, President Obama and his Administration have made historic strides in expanding opportunities and advancing equality and justice for all Americans, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans. From major legislative achievements to historic court victories to important policy changes, the President has fought to promote the equal rights of all Americans — no matter who they are or who they love. That commitment to leveling the playing field and ensuring equal protection under the law is the bedrock principle this nation was founded on and has guided the President’s actions in support of all Americans. Today, President Obama will designate a new national monument at the historic site of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City to honor the broad movement for LGBT equality. The new Stonewall National Monument will protect the area where, on June 28, 1969, a community’s uprising in response to a police raid sparked the modern LGBT civil rights movement in the United States. The designation will create the first official National Park Service unit dedicated to telling the story of LGBT Americans, just days before the one year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision guaranteeing marriage equality in all 50 states. Additionally, in celebration of the designation and New York City’s Pride festival, the White House, in coordination with the National Park Foundation and the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, is releasing a video that will be played on the billboards in Times Square on Saturday, June 25, beginning at 12:00pm ET. The new Stonewall National Monument will permanently protect Christopher Park, a historic community park at the intersection of Christopher Street, West 4th Street and Grove Street directly across from the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The monument’s boundary encompasses approximately 7.7 acres of land, including Christopher Park, the Stonewall Inn, and the surrounding streets and sidewalks that were the site of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. Today’s designation follows years of strong support from local officials, organizations, members of Congress and citizens in New York City and across the country, as demonstrated recently at a public meeting held in New York City in May. The National Park Foundation is also today announcing that it will support the establishment of a local Friends Group to support the monument and that it will work with local and national organizations and the community to raise funding for dedicated National Park Service personnel, a temporary ranger station and visitor center, research and materials, exhibits, community outreach, and public education. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsTommyBitch 12,640 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Finally Immortalizing history 私自身もこの世の中も誰もかれもが, どんなに華やかな人生でも, どんなに悲惨な人生でも, いつかは変貌し, 破壊され、消滅してしまう. すべてがもともとこの世に存在しない一瞬の幻想なのだから Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
President Trump 3,508 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 GODBAMA Ma ma pa pa pa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop 4,541 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 OBAMA He's done so much for our community. Best president ever! DAD The Taylor Brigade: KNOCKOUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvnrp 48,353 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 When would Hillary or Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaga Monster 13,001 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 4 minutes ago, Pop said: OBAMA He's done so much for our community. Best president ever! DAD He is far from the best president ever. Doubling our debt to $19 trillion, pulling out of the Middle East to quickly causing ISIS to take the land over, and not helping Inner Cities (income has decreased over the past 8 yrs). But I do have respect for all he has done for the community, I just don't think he is good at his job GGD Presidential Elections Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister 9,907 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Wow this is really something The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 The gay agenda continues ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry 26,836 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Some good news today thank goodness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemeLarell 931 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Truly one of the best presidents ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondAngel 5,044 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 17 minutes ago, Gaga Monster said: He is far from the best president ever. Doubling our debt to $19 trillion, pulling out of the Middle East to quickly causing ISIS to take the land over, and not helping Inner Cities (income has decreased over the past 8 yrs). But I do have respect for all he has done for the community, I just don't think he is good at his job This. I respect what he's done for our community, but at what cost? Shocked he got realected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojuun 4,159 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 22 minutes ago, Gaga Monster said: He is far from the best president ever. Doubling our debt to $19 trillion, pulling out of the Middle East to quickly causing ISIS to take the land over, and not helping Inner Cities (income has decreased over the past 8 yrs). But I do have respect for all he has done for the community, I just don't think he is good at his job Except that Republicans used their power to overturn a lot of his economic propositions in the Senate etc. and that ISIS isn't "all over the Middle East". He didn't "pull out of the Middle East", America was never over the entire Middle East to begin with. Syria, where ISIS hails, was never invaded by the United States so how could he "pull out" if no one was ever there to begin with? You are the perfect example of someone who's picking up on things "reported by the media" but who never bothered to fact check anything. ISIS would LOVE for the United States to declare a war on the entire Middle East, because then a religious war begins and we have World War III on our hands. Why do you think so many Muslim teenagers and young people in Europa (and a few in the US) are leaving their countries to go fight for ISIS in Syria? Because they let the "us vs. them" mentality get to them. ISIS wants all Muslims in Europe and the US to feel vindictive towards all American/European (basically all caucasian) people, so that we (US & EU) have a war on our hands with people who are already here and then over on their territory as well. And it isn't even "their" territory, just 2 weeks ago an entire town in Syria was liberated of ISIS and men and women everywhere came out on the streets to celebrate. But you never see that in the US media because guess what, that'd mean regular Muslims who live in Syria are not ISIS supporters and that not all Muslims want "Sharia law" to be implicated everywhere. Media got you messed up, boo. It's not vs. them, it's all of us together. Don't let Trump and the media fool you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,545 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 So when do we start chiseling his face into Mt. Rushmore? Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsTommyBitch 12,640 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 1 hour ago, PartySick said: So when do we start chiseling his face into Mt. Rushmore? After the Racists who will continue to smear his every positive act for years to come die out 私自身もこの世の中も誰もかれもが, どんなに華やかな人生でも, どんなに悲惨な人生でも, いつかは変貌し, 破壊され、消滅してしまう. すべてがもともとこの世に存在しない一瞬の幻想なのだから Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,545 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, ItsTommyBitch said: After the Racists who will continue to smear his every positive act for years to come die out Good point And after people stop putting the Republicans' obstruction on his shoulders Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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