Today, the White House released a post from President Obama on appointing judges to the Supreme Court. The post penned by the President on the SCOTUSblog follows: A Responsibility I Take Seriously The Constitution vests in the President the power to appoint judges to the Supreme Court. It’s a duty that I take seriously, and…
No not Diana Ross, the other Supremes, the Supreme Court. Each presidential political season the Supreme Court gets short shrift because the average American does not often feel the impact of a Supreme Court decision on their life. There is nothing farther from the truth for the LGBT community. The LGBT community fully knows why…
Tonight, President Obama will deliver his eighth and final State of the Union address. From a record number of appointments of LGBT judges and ambassadors, to the institution of far-reaching administrative and regulatory policy changes, President Barack Obama has been a stalwart champion of the LGBT community. President Obama has signed the only signature pieces…
On January 5th, President Obama announced that he was taking executive action to increase the safety of Americans by regulating guns. His actions don’t reflect reality nor will they keep us any safer. All Americans should be very afraid of the implications of where the president and the Democrats will go to shred the 2nd…
https://youtu.be/Af95oEKpCHQ President Obama spoke to the nation and the world this evening in the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris. President Obama was briefed late Friday afternoon by his counter-terrorism adviser Lisa Monaco on a wave of attacks in Paris that has killed dozens, the White House said. Hours before the attacks, Mr….
WASHINGTON, DC, — President Obama plans to issue a new executive order that would help reduce employment discrimination against formerly incarcerated people applying for federal government jobs. Earlier this year, the National LGBTQ Task Force sent a letter along with a dozen organizations urging the president to eliminate the requirement from job applicants to check off a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an historic first for the Pentagon, President Obama has chosen to nominate Eric Fanning to lead the Army, a move that would make him the first openly gay civilian secretary of one of the military services. Fanning, who must still be confirmed by the Senate, has been a specialist on defense…
NEW YORK – Major achievements have been made in the domestic HIV/AIDS response as a result of increased realignment and coordination of efforts at the federal level. However, that level of consistent coordination and alignment has yet to take place in most states. In an effort to identify what needs to be done, amfAR, The Foundation…
Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order on Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States for 2015-2020. The Ececutive Order is reproduced below: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to ensure improved health outcomes for Americans…
At a press conference Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, President Obama said countries should not discriminate based on sexual orientation. Responding to a question on the treatment of gay and lesbians in Kenya, which rights groups have called dismal, and President Kenyatta has called a non-issue, Obama said, “Similarly, with respect to the rights of gays…
