At White House, Obama aims to reassure gays
By Michael Shear | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | The Washington Post
“…In an event in the East Room marking the 40th anniversary of the riots surrounding New York’s Stonewall Inn, where gay patrons rose up against a police raid in Greenwich Village, Obama sought to reassure guests that he had not abandoned the issues important to them. He also drew a parallel between the progress gays and lesbians have made in recent decades and the struggles of black Americans to win equality….”…BS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062904328_pf.html
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