For years the homosexual community has celebrated Gay Pride during the month of June. This year, for the first time, there was an official presidential proclamation declaring June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. In his June 1st Proclamation, President Obama committed his Administration to aggressively support the top items on the homosexuals' wish list. Gay advocacy groups have publicly complained about the pace at which this administration has addressed their issues. In June, the president took some steps to remedy that situation.
He signed a memorandum that gives same-sex domestic partners of federal employees access to long term insurance benefits. He was criticized by gay groups for stopping short of guaranteeing full health insurance to such partners. A bill winding its way through both houses of Congress will do that and more, extending to the same-sex partners of federal employees the benefits married spouses already enjoy.
The aforementioned presidential memorandum also allows civil servants to take sick leave to care for ailing domestic partners. Plus, the memo extends limited benefits to the same sex partners of Foreign Service officers including the use of medical facilities and medical evacuation services at posts abroad. Homosexual Foreign Service officers will also be allowed to include their partners when considering the family allocation for housing abroad. Sending U.S. Ambassadors and their gay partners into other countries, to live as married, exports an expansive definition of family, one most Americans do not embrace. And each of these benefits forces the taxpayer to, in some way, support homosexual unions. Still, the homosexual community says Obama is not doing enough on their behalf. FULL POST 

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