Trump honors pride month at anti-gay conference

[Thumpalumpacus]

The point is that he is speaking from the Presidential lectern, bearing the Presidential seal, to a group that wants to deny an entire swathe of Americans equal rights.

This deserves all the criticism it garners. It's sad that some people actually need this explained to them.

[Lek]

Ah, more of that racism from the left, I see.

But again a party that supported slavery back in the day... and race baited to get the minority vote.. not surprising at all.

C'mon Dyresand. Lincoln was a Republican.

[Lek]

Hey, remember when Donald Trump told people he would do “everything in my power to protect our LGBT citizens from the violence and oppression of the hateful, foreign ideology, believe me”?

Surprise!

Turns out that was just a bunch of B.S.

Tomorrow, Trump will headline the “Road to Majority” conference, an evangelical extremist gathering hosted by the homophobic Faith and Freedom Coalition. This is in addition to his refusal to issue a proclamation acknowledging June as Pride month.

Other speakers at the conference will include Mike Pence, Ted Cruz, evangelical author James Dobson, homophobes Pat Boone and Michael Medved, and 15 others.

It should come as no surprise that all 21 of the speakers are white. Not a single person of color will be speaking at the event.

Trump is scheduled to speak just three days before the LGBTQ Equality March in Washington D.C., which many are interpreting as an not-so-subtle nod toward his commitment to subverting LGBTQ rights.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/06/trum...onference/

What a terrible misrepresentation of the group and the significance of Trump speaking to them and it's effect on his promise to work for the protection of LGBTs. This group and conference is about much more than their opinions of homosexuality. Here's a statement about who this group is and what their goals are.

https://ffcoalition.com/about/

[Silver]

What a terrible misrepresentation of the group and the significance of Trump speaking to them and it's effect on his promise to work for the protection of LGBTs.  This group and conference is about much more than their opinions of homosexuality.  Here's a statement about who this group is and what their goals are.

https://ffcoalition.com/about/

Since the site does not mention anything specifically about gay people, does it still recognize gay marriage since the site does mention a recognition of marriage?

[Lek]

What a terrible misrepresentation of the group and the significance of Trump speaking to them and it's effect on his promise to work for the protection of LGBTs.  This group and conference is about much more than their opinions of homosexuality.  Here's a statement about who this group is and what their goals are.

https://ffcoalition.com/about/

Since the site does not mention anything specifically about gay people, does it still recognize gay marriage since the site does mention a recognition of marriage?

My guess is that they personally don't recognize gay marriage, but they must recognize it by law. The thing is they represent many different issues. Trump may or may not agree with their views on every issue, but he doesn't have to in order to speak at their conference. What's more important to me are the words that he speaks.

[vorlon13]

He certainly doesn't abide by that inconvenient Commandment prohibiting pussy grabbing.