Obama

Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, and Kirsten Gillibrand introduced a bill that would repeal the federal government's ban on same-sex marriage, and President Obama is supporting it. The president has "long called for a legislative appeal for the so-called Defense of Marriage Act which continues to have a real impact on families," White House spokesman Jay Carney announced. The president is “proud to support” the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, Carney said.

Social Studies lessons frequently include two things, studies of primary sources and the comparing/contrasting of documents or other artifacts.

Below are the links to two primary sources (video clips) posted on You Tube. The first is a recent interview with Donald Trump, casting doubt on President Obama’s citizenship. While Mr. Trump was making this speech, President Obama was quietly planning the raid on a Pakistani compound that would end the life of master terrorist Osama Bin Laden. The second primary source (clip) is President Obama’s announcement of Osama bin Laden’s death.

I believe there should be a national information bank of lesson plans and
units in all content areas. School districts could then use each unit as-is or
modify each one as they see fit. The units should cover all content areas and
incorporate best practices. Such an initiative would head-off the political
dogfights that would inevitably occur if the Department of Education were to
impose a national curriculum on the populace; yet it would also allow
districts around the country to quickly and easily adopt an array of units
that would fit their students' needs.

After five years of legal battles, Martin Gill and his partner recently won the right to adopt their two sons. Now the family has received a once-in-a-lifetime invitation to attend a holiday celebration at the White House.

"The Obama administration was very supportive of us and gay adoption," Gill said.

This will be the sixth year the couple and their sons will be together as a family, but the first year the state of Florida legally recognizes them as such.

Barack Obama's openly gay deputy campaign chairman is fed up with the lack of gay rights since January.

Politico reports Steve Hildebrand [pictured] admits he is "losing patience" with the White House's lack of progress on LGBT rights and says the President "needs to be more bold in his leadership".

The Washington Post reports:

President Obama made clear that he favors the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA], and intends to ask Congress to repeal the 13-year-old law that denies benefits to domestic partners of federal employees and allows states to reject same-sex marriages performed in other states.

President Obama issued the following Pride Month proclamation late this afternoon on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Stonewall:

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION