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Michelle Obama's Remarks to the DNC's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council

Started by Natasha, June 28, 2008, 01:48:01 AM

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Michelle Obama's Remarks to the DNC's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council

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6/27/2008

"Barack is not new to the cause of the LGBT community. It has been a conviction of his career since he was first elected to public office. In his first year in the Illinois State Senate, he cosponsored a bill amending the Illinois Human Rights Act to include protections for LGBT men and women. He worked on that bill for seven years, serving as chief cosponsor and lobbying his colleagues to reject the political expedience of homophobia and make LGBT equality a priority. In 2004, his efforts paid off as that bill finally became law, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace, in housing, and in public places."
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