LGBT Issues
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-berry-head-of-opm-and-openly-gay-helps-obama-reach-out-to-gay-community/2012/09/18/3f0b8316-a453-11e1-9e73-f4e3879b34a3_story.html
Gay Marriage is one of the many issues that both political parties are going to have to tackle this presidential election. Although gay marriage is recognized many people are still against the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. Couples have to cross over into bordering states in order to get married. Same sex couples who are married are looked over since their marriage isn't legal in their town they have no benefits. This year president Obama said that he supports the LGBT community as well as promising the equality if he is re-elected. Obama is reaching out to the LGBT community with the help of his campaign fundraiser John Berry who is also openly gay. John berry decided to lend a hand in the campaign once he heard the president’s pledge on equality and his support for the LGBT community. With Berry now working with the president is proof that being openly gay in the workplace is just as acceptable as being a straight male.
The issue at hand is LGBT issues such as adoption restrictions, work place harassment, and marriage. Heterosexual males and females reap all the benefits that come with being straight in society. While the LGBT Community has to fight for the right to be married to their partner. The LGBT community is suffering because they are simply being looked over, ignored, not mention, some act like they do not exists. With the support of the president not only is he a potential ally, he is shedding a new light on a community that is not backing down.
Here Is the video of President Obama appointing the first openly gay social secretary Jeremy Bernard right after abolishing " don't ask , don't tell ".
The issue at hand is LGBT issues such as adoption restrictions, work place harassment, and marriage. Heterosexual males and females reap all the benefits that come with being straight in society. While the LGBT Community has to fight for the right to be married to their partner. The LGBT community is suffering because they are simply being looked over, ignored, not mention, some act like they do not exists. With the support of the president not only is he a potential ally, he is shedding a new light on a community that is not backing down.
Here Is the video of President Obama appointing the first openly gay social secretary Jeremy Bernard right after abolishing " don't ask , don't tell ".
* This post connects back to the analysis of the speeches that both Michelle Obama and Ann Romney gave at the Democratic National Convention. Each women spoke briefly on important issues such as the LGBT community, equal pay,education,student loans, and the military.
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