4.4.14 Adam News and Info
Apr 4, 2014 13:37:41 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Apr 4, 2014 13:37:41 GMT -5
OT: This is NOT about Adam -- but I also do some work for FreedomOhio and wanted to address this topic.
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OT, but interesting:
Hillary Clinton @hillaryclinton 11m
Great to meet the strong & brave young women from #PussyRiot, who refuse to let their voices be silenced in #Russia. pic.twitter.com/7JVkZ9TYx3
She's a little less silent about the situation in Russia than her predecessor in the WH, that is assuming she gets there. Hillary does not tweet much, so every one is setting tone and agenda.
If by predecessor you mean President Bush, you are correct. If by predecessor you are referring to President Obama, you are not correct. Obama has been outspoken on his support of gay rights in Russia and contrary to Hillary Clinton's shift in 2013 was ahead of her on this and gay rights in general. A few examples:
March 26, 2014: A speech to Europe aimed at Russia sounded a lot like President Barack Obama's successful campaign message from 2012, especially when it came to gay rights.
The address on Wednesday at the Palais Des Beaux-Arts in Brussels followed talks with European Union and NATO leaders on Russia's military backed annexation of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine.
www.cnn.com/2014/03/26/politics/obama-gay-rights/
December 17, 2013: As controversy erupted over Russia’s anti-gay law ahead of next year’s Sochi Olympics, President Barack Obama said that he opposed boycotting the Games in favor of letting the United States delegation lead by example on the LGBT rights front.
“One thing I’m really looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze, which i think would go a long way in rejecting the kind of attitudes we’re seeing there,” Obama said. “And if Russia doesn’t have gay or lesbian athletes, it’ll probably make their team weaker.”
September 6, 2013: Obama meets with Russian gay rights advocates: President Barack Obama met with leaders of several Russian social activist groups Friday, an event that likely touched on the sensitive subject of gay rights in the nation amid tensions over Syria. www.cnn.com/2013/09/06/politics/russia-obama/
Hoping to shine a light on Russia's new anti-gay law, President Obama met with civil rights activists during his final official function in St. Petersburg at the G-20 economic summit.
The president sat down with nine activists in a hotel meeting room, along with national security adviser Susan Rice and U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. In brief remarks before the meeting, Obama called their work "critically important" in creating an open society.
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/06/obama-meets-with-gay-rights-activists-in-russia/
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Hillary Clinton supported the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and DOMA both signed into law by her husband, President Bill Clinton. When she was Secretary of State she did nothing within her administrative powers or to advocate for any change in the US policy of deporting same sex partners of married couples -- forget about people with legal partnerships.
>> I am pleased Hillary has "evolved". I am pleased that many Americans have "evolved". But the same people who actively support two the the worst pieces of anti-gay legislation from 1996 through 2008, should not be held out as leading this effort.
>> I believe Americans need to be a bit more careful about being righteous about gay rights -- we have lagged the world and have a very long way to go. For example, Bill Clinton was Governor of Arkansas and Attorney General for 12 years -- a state where homosexuality was a criminal offense but did not come out against the sodomy laws until 1992 when he announced his candidacy for president. The law was in place in Arkansas until a 2002 court ruling that it was unconstitutional. And it was a felony in Arkansas.
Hillary's evolution on Gay Rights has been like most things Clinton -- a bit late. The Clintons do not take big political risks. (They are both smart politicians and this is not a bad thing, just a fact.)
Campaigned for New York's Senate seat in 2000, in December 1999, speaking to gay contributors at a New York fundraiser, she said that she supported "domestic-partnership measures" that permitted homosexual partners to receive the same health and financial benefits as married couples. She continued to support the Defense of Marriage Act and DOMA.
Hillary 2000: "Marriage has historic, religious and moral content that goes back to the beginning of time, and I think a marriage is as a marriage has always been, between a man and a woman."
June 2003, Sen. Clinton introduced legislation to grant homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. It went nowhere.
2008 presidential race, Clinton still opposed same-sex marriage, advocating civil unions and leaving the legality of marriage to the states.
>> Clinton and Obama were in total agreement on LGBT policies in the 2008 primary election.
May 2012: Barrack Obama announced his support of gay marriage.
March 2013: Hillary announced her support of gay marriage. At the time the Supreme Court ruling striking down DOMA was eminent, and the arguments had been analyzed. The timing was probably a combination of the country's shift and the upcoming rulings.
June 2013: US Supreme Court ruled The Defense of Marriage Act, the law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states, is unconstitutional.
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Finally, I am focused on what is happening in my backyard, and because I live in two states that ban and do not recognize gay marriage (Mississippi and Ohio), that do not have laws protecting the rights of all people (women or LGBT) and where gay bashing occurs on a regular basis (every US state last year), I will support Russian gay activities but avoid being righteous. I think Hillary is one person who should also look in her backyard and help the people trying to reform the big gaps in Transgender rights in New York.
And you might be surprised that if you are an American women you do not have full equal rights. Hard to believe in 2014.
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Hillary Clinton @hillaryclinton 11m
Great to meet the strong & brave young women from #PussyRiot, who refuse to let their voices be silenced in #Russia. pic.twitter.com/7JVkZ9TYx3
She's a little less silent about the situation in Russia than her predecessor in the WH, that is assuming she gets there. Hillary does not tweet much, so every one is setting tone and agenda.
March 26, 2014: A speech to Europe aimed at Russia sounded a lot like President Barack Obama's successful campaign message from 2012, especially when it came to gay rights.
The address on Wednesday at the Palais Des Beaux-Arts in Brussels followed talks with European Union and NATO leaders on Russia's military backed annexation of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine.
www.cnn.com/2014/03/26/politics/obama-gay-rights/
December 17, 2013: As controversy erupted over Russia’s anti-gay law ahead of next year’s Sochi Olympics, President Barack Obama said that he opposed boycotting the Games in favor of letting the United States delegation lead by example on the LGBT rights front.
“One thing I’m really looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze, which i think would go a long way in rejecting the kind of attitudes we’re seeing there,” Obama said. “And if Russia doesn’t have gay or lesbian athletes, it’ll probably make their team weaker.”
September 6, 2013: Obama meets with Russian gay rights advocates: President Barack Obama met with leaders of several Russian social activist groups Friday, an event that likely touched on the sensitive subject of gay rights in the nation amid tensions over Syria. www.cnn.com/2013/09/06/politics/russia-obama/
Hoping to shine a light on Russia's new anti-gay law, President Obama met with civil rights activists during his final official function in St. Petersburg at the G-20 economic summit.
The president sat down with nine activists in a hotel meeting room, along with national security adviser Susan Rice and U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. In brief remarks before the meeting, Obama called their work "critically important" in creating an open society.
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/06/obama-meets-with-gay-rights-activists-in-russia/
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Hillary Clinton supported the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and DOMA both signed into law by her husband, President Bill Clinton. When she was Secretary of State she did nothing within her administrative powers or to advocate for any change in the US policy of deporting same sex partners of married couples -- forget about people with legal partnerships.
>> I am pleased Hillary has "evolved". I am pleased that many Americans have "evolved". But the same people who actively support two the the worst pieces of anti-gay legislation from 1996 through 2008, should not be held out as leading this effort.
>> I believe Americans need to be a bit more careful about being righteous about gay rights -- we have lagged the world and have a very long way to go. For example, Bill Clinton was Governor of Arkansas and Attorney General for 12 years -- a state where homosexuality was a criminal offense but did not come out against the sodomy laws until 1992 when he announced his candidacy for president. The law was in place in Arkansas until a 2002 court ruling that it was unconstitutional. And it was a felony in Arkansas.
Hillary's evolution on Gay Rights has been like most things Clinton -- a bit late. The Clintons do not take big political risks. (They are both smart politicians and this is not a bad thing, just a fact.)
Campaigned for New York's Senate seat in 2000, in December 1999, speaking to gay contributors at a New York fundraiser, she said that she supported "domestic-partnership measures" that permitted homosexual partners to receive the same health and financial benefits as married couples. She continued to support the Defense of Marriage Act and DOMA.
Hillary 2000: "Marriage has historic, religious and moral content that goes back to the beginning of time, and I think a marriage is as a marriage has always been, between a man and a woman."
June 2003, Sen. Clinton introduced legislation to grant homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. It went nowhere.
2008 presidential race, Clinton still opposed same-sex marriage, advocating civil unions and leaving the legality of marriage to the states.
>> Clinton and Obama were in total agreement on LGBT policies in the 2008 primary election.
May 2012: Barrack Obama announced his support of gay marriage.
March 2013: Hillary announced her support of gay marriage. At the time the Supreme Court ruling striking down DOMA was eminent, and the arguments had been analyzed. The timing was probably a combination of the country's shift and the upcoming rulings.
June 2013: US Supreme Court ruled The Defense of Marriage Act, the law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states, is unconstitutional.
**
Finally, I am focused on what is happening in my backyard, and because I live in two states that ban and do not recognize gay marriage (Mississippi and Ohio), that do not have laws protecting the rights of all people (women or LGBT) and where gay bashing occurs on a regular basis (every US state last year), I will support Russian gay activities but avoid being righteous. I think Hillary is one person who should also look in her backyard and help the people trying to reform the big gaps in Transgender rights in New York.
And you might be surprised that if you are an American women you do not have full equal rights. Hard to believe in 2014.
Usagi I stepped away for a little while and just now saw your post. I just found it on tweeter. I was hoping someone would tell us what it menat. LOL! Thanks for the translation! "I'm having curry!" 
