Pres.Obama To Hold Gay Pride Month Reception

Obama To Hold White House Gay Pride Reception

President Obama will hold a White House gay
pride reception on June 22.

Invitations for the event were mailed last week.
They say: “The President requests the pleasure
of your company at a reception in celebration
 of LGBT Pride Month to be held at The White House.”

The reception begins at 5PM.

Among those invited is openly gay Detroit City
 Council President Charles Pugh.

“Who gets an invitation to the White House,”
Pugh said in a video posted Tuesday on Facebook.
 “I'm just saying, that's pretty good.”

“It's an honor, really, to represent the people of
 the City of Detroit who were not bigots, who
accepted my candidacy for the qualifications
I brought to the table and did not in any way
judge or reject me because of who I am,” he added.

Earlier Obama declared June gay, lesbian,
 bisexual and transgender pride month.

The president used the opportunity to cheer on
lawmakers as they considered repeal of
 “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” the 1993 law that forbids
 gay troops from serving openly, and highlight
some of the gay rights initiatives advanced
 by his administration.

Saying that “our Nation draws its strength
from our diversity,” Obama called upon Americans
 to “observe this month by fighting prejudice
 and discrimination in their own lives and everywhere it exits.” 

BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF