President Obama, declaring himself on “the right side of history,” signed an executive order barring discrimination against LGBT workers by federal contractors -- and called on Congress to ban job discrimination against gay and lesbian Americans on the whole. In a ceremony at the White House, Mr. Obama noted that in much of the country, companies can fire employees based on their sexual orientation. “That’s wrong,” he said to an audience of supporters. “We’re here to do what we can to make it right — to bend that arc of justice just a little bit in a better direction.”
If you still don't get how pivotal this man has been in the LGBT movement, you're trying not to.
Read HERE.
No comments:
Post a Comment