- "While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, this issue is about who we are as Americans. It's about whether this nation is going to live up to its founding promise of equality by treating all its citizens with dignity and respect."
-- Barack Obama, June 1, 2007
雖然我們自1969年「石牆暴動」已努力很久,仍力有未逮。同志平權問題常被意圖分裂內部的有心人士所利用。但問題的核心在於:身為美國人的意義是什麼。這個國家是否不負創國的理念,以尊嚴和尊重平等對待所有人民。 ---歐巴馬 2007/06/01
以下是網站上關於同志平權議題的行動綱領:
- Expand Hate Crimes Statutes: 擴大「憎恨罪」法令規範.「憎恨罪」是指對種族、宗教、性別、殘疾人士等特定族群的侵犯.根據2004年統計,美國同志受侵犯的比率佔15%以上,有必要強化相關法令.
- Fight Workplace Discrimination: 打擊職場歧視.支持Employment Non-Discrimination Act,避免因性傾向不同造成職場不公平待遇.
- Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples: 提供合法同志伴侶完整法律保障.主張廢止Defense of Marriage Act,同性婚姻應與異性婚姻享有相同權利義務.
- Oppose a Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage: 反對憲法禁止同性婚姻.反對Federal Marriage Amendment定義婚姻只屬於一男一女之結合.
- Repeal Don't Ask-Don't Tell: 廢除軍中「Don't Ask-Don't Tell」政策.軍隊與一般職場相同,不因性傾向受到歧視.
- Expand Adoption Rights: 擴大領養權利.是健康與愛成就完整的家庭,家長的性傾向並不阻礙家庭的建立.
- Promote AIDS Prevention: 促進AIDS防治
- Empower Women to Prevent HIV/AIDS: 協助婦女防治HIV/AIDS.導入Microbicide Development Act,為婦女研究抗病毒防治方案
這份Agenda對同性婚姻有明確的表態,但是美國中央的態度是否真能改變紅色州政府的政策,猶待時間來證明.
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