President Trump has declined to issue at the start of June a proclamation designating the month as a time for celebration of Pride, breaking with a tradition started under the Obama administration.
By the end of the last weekday in May, President Obama each year during his two terms in the White House issued a proclamation recognizing Pride. Trump, on the other hand, has thus far issued no such proclamation — or even recognized June as Pride month from his Twitter account.
Trump on the last day of May issued five separate proclamations recognizing June as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, African-American Music Appreciation Month, National Homeownership Month, Great Outdoors Month and National Ocean Month. Absent from the list was anything related to Pride.
The tradition of presidential Pride proclamations started under President Clinton, although President George W. Bush discontinued that practice during his time in office. Obama renewed that tradition for each of his eight years in the White House, recognizing not only Pride in his proclamations but also achievements in LGBT rights, such as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling for same-sex marriage nationwide.
Obama also started a tradition of hosting annual receptions at the White House recognizing June as Pride month. It seems unlikely Trump would continue that practice and hold a similar reception after declining to issue a Pride proclamation, not to mention his unpopularity with the LGBT community after policies such as revoking Obama-era guidance assuring transgender kids have access to school bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.
Instead, a group of former LGBT Obama administration officials, led by former White House LGBT liaison Gautam Raghavan and Aditi Hardikar, are planning a “NOT the White House Pride Party,” taking a cue from Samantha Bee’s “Not the White House Correspondents Dinner” event.
Full story at The Washington Blade.
Well … at least Ivanka likes us.
…It’s not as good as a White House reception but it’ll have to do I guess… Ivanka tweeted … “, “Logging back on after Shavuot, wishing everyone a joyful #Pride2017. This month we celebrate and honor the LGBTQ community. I am proud to support my LGBTQ friends and the LGBTQ Americans who have made immense contributions to our society and economy.”
Personally I’m glad.
I wouldn’t want his orange-ness to rub off on our fabulous colors!
So here on a supposed Catholic website, all the homosexuals and homosexual apologists will vent their frustration at the President for not giving a nod to lifestyles of mortal sin. Get over your little selves! You don’t like him anyway, why should you want his personal blessing on this issue?
“Pride” parades are vulgar and offensive displays of vice. That’s not a judgement, just a fact. Stay home and pray for the conversion of those most in need of God’s mercy.
Apparently you didn’t actually read the comment that you replied to, Kristin.
I, personally, am glad that his Orangeness decided to stay out of Pride.
Or maybe you didn’t realize I’m gay?
“YFC”, your disrespectful name calling of President Trump does not change the fact that he is taking the moral highground in this case. Predictably, you and those who think like you embrace the awfulness of a Sodom and Gomorrah-like spectacle, thus proving my point.
Better to encourage folks to take their brokenness to the confessional in sorrow and contrition. The “fabulous” is that God can and will forgive sin.
Moral highground? Seriously? He spent YEARS disrespecting the first African American President, questioning his citizenship & religion at every turn. Then he turned on the first woman nominated by a political party to be President calling her sexist names like “weak”, “incompetent”, and yes, “crooked”, while he himself takes a golf cart to avoid walking with European leaders. Then the press, then his own Attorney General and FBI chief. On and on.
Yet when I reference his orangeness – a color which he himself chooses to defile his body with – you call me out for being disrespectful. Seriously?
“YFC”, notice President Trump’s moral high ground was referenced “in this case”. Your screed was unnecessary, so calm down and spend some time prayfully considering why so many Catholics find homosexual parades offensive. Open your mind and leave out the well wore excuse of homophobia. Perhaps you will better understand the opposition to public displays of vice and degradation.
“t calling her sexist names like “weak”, “incompetent”, and yes, “crooked”, Only the demented mind of leftist would consider these terms “sexist” everyone of them aptly described that vile woman Hillary. Your identity politics is so pathetic which is why the coasts are so hated in this country.
“Silly Me” it took for this article for you to finally admit your background. Kristin is right that the confessional is the place to ask for forgiveness but instead sodomites would rather brag about worshiping specific colors and mocking another. Remember that certain things are used to get rid of waist. I’ll continue to pray for those who have so called same sex attractions to stop acting as they do.
Joe .. I guess you just showed up. YFC been out here for years and so have I. FYI, calling all LGBT people “sodomites” is factually incorrect. It refers to a specific sexual act which some straight and gay couples engage in but lesbians cannot. It’s really an archaic word that hardly anyone uses anymore and does nothing to contribute to the discussion of Catholic life here.
It may be archaic C&H but the term sodomite fits perfectly. Gay men are defined by that act, there is no escaping that fact. I ask you to defend shame parades and tell me why everyone of them drips over sexuality in its most perverted forms. Yet your sides screams “do not define us by our sexual acts”.
What fabulous colors, YFC? You may want to co-opt a rainbow, but you can’t. That belongs to everyone.
Just what do your “fabulous colors” stand for that Catholics should be celebrating? What a terrible thing to take one of God’s most beautiful creations, a rainbow, and claim it for debauchery.
June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Brothers and sisters in Christ give Jesus Christ his due in the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us. Pray America Pray.
YES!! Excellent, Watchman! And protect America’s innocent children and teens, from evil LGBT”slave-master,” sado-masochism, and “dominatrix” sex relationships, “man-boy” child sex molestations, and all the other filthy, dangerous sex acts, celebrated wrongly, by so-called “Pride Month!” How can you have “Pride,” in sins like that?? How about a month to celebrate RESPONSIBLE LGBTs who have given their lives to make excellent contributions to the world?? Let’s make a list of names in history, to honor them, for outstanding contributions! Start with Dag Hammarskjold, the outstanding UN Secretary-General, a chaste Christian, killed in 1961! That is the kind of “LGBT” we should honor!
I’m down with that Linda Maria! You are going to start a Responsible LGBT pride month? Count me in! We can call it Dag Hammarskjold Pride Month!
BTW I’m glad you spelled his name for me, because I surely could not have on my own! And we did the UN tour last year and cried at the commemorative panels for him. He truly embodied the hopes and dreams of the UN and did us gay Catholics proud.
Note, YFC, that Linda Maria describes Hammarskjold as a “chaste Christian.”
One could indeed be proud of a “chaste Christian” who has SSA. But I don’t know if that’s the behavior you are “down with…”
LOL. So the gay chaste Christian Hammarskjold doesn’t engage in any kind of behavior but I have to be “down with it”? What behavior did Hammarskjold engage in?
The subject of Dag Hammarskjold’s sexuality has been and remains controversial. It cannot yet be concluded with any finality that he was either homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual or asexual. The only thing that is certain is that he had no open, public liaisons with anyone of either sex. Whether he was merely assumed by some to be homosexual because of the above fact, or whether he actually was is still in debate. I say this only to keep the facts in perspective.
Larry Northon – Dag Hammarskjold is NOT a “controversial figure” at all, in regards to his private life– only that NOBODY ever found any IMMORAL FACTS to report about him, that’s all! None!! Of course– newsmen MAKE MILLIONS, reporting SCANDAL and FILTH!!– but as regards Hammarskjold– nothing to report!! It is quite well-established, that he was a devout, possibly homosexual, CHASTE CHRISTIAN!! And the news reporters can’t find anything else!
YFC– Dag Hammarskjold did not particularly do anything special, to help “LGBTs,” that I know of, but he was busy helping the world, as the UN Secretary-General! Mostly, I think he is a good Christian Role Model for everyone, especially for “LGBTs,” because he was a chaste Christian, who gave his life to work for Christ, to help make a better world! He also may have been martyred, as he died in a mysterious plane crash in 1961– and martyrdom was rumored, at that time. He was honored by JFK. As regards Fr. Mychal Judge, the 9/11 hero whom C&H mentioned– he, too, died a martyr, for Christ! I am sure he will always be lovingly remembered and honored, for that!
Linda Maria: You misquoted me. I did not use the phrase “controversial figure.” I said the “subject of [his] sexuality…has been and remains controversial.” That is a correct statement, by which I stand. He is widely claimed as a gay icon. That claim is unsubstantiated. You say it is “quite well established that he was a…chaste Christian.” In fact, it has not been established that he was chaste or unchaste. We just don’t know. Let’s stop making him into whatever we want him to be.
Linda Maria, you are 1OO% on point.
Linda Maria .. I then hope you will join me in praying for the cause of the canonization of Fr. Mychel Judge, the “Saint of 9/11” We should pray extra hard because there are sadly those in the Church who oppose his cause just because he was known to be gay.
C&H, does Fr. Mychal Judge have a Cause for Canonization in the Vatican? I didn’t know that! If so, and if he is declared worthy of a title such as “venerable,” “blessed,” or :saint,” I am sure that as time goes along, no one will remember, or care, if he was “gay!” He gave his life for Christ, as a heroic martyr of 9/11! And God knows the truth of this!
Dag Hammarskjold was a Nobel Peace Prize winner. He made many excellent contributions to the world– and he was also an outstanding, chaste Christian, who happened to be a homosexual– and that part, his homosexuality, he kept to himself. He was too busy trying to help make a better world, he did not spend his life focused on himself, his personal problems, being “gay,” etc.– no, he wanted to live for Jesus Christ, and help make a better world! A good Role Model, for someone suffering from same-sex attraction! I wonder if the group, “Courage,” also has a nice list of outstanding Role Models, for young “LGBTs” to look up to??
The American bishops will just have to settle for Pentecost, though they’re sure to be up in arms.
As usual the LBGT group has hijacked a beautiful thing….in this case the month of THE SACRED HEART!
I am SO HAPPY the President acted as he did!!!
We are all called to respect and love everyone….but, that doesn’t mean we condone their actions!!!!!!
YFC he probably realizes that your “fabulous colors” are infected with perversion, which is all “pride” month is about the celebration of an act that cries out to heaven for vengeance .
I am proud of our President not encouraging sinners offending God. Obviously he has read St. Paul’s Epistle to the Roman’s Chapter 1: “[26] For this cause God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. [27] And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts one towards another, men with men working that which is filthy, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error . . . [31] Foolish, dissolute, without affection, without fidelity, . . . [32] Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death; and not only they that do them,…
I keep on being more and more happy and pleased with President Donald Trump! I’m so very happy that I voted for him! To be sure he is not perfect, only God is perfect, but Trump is way better than what Hilary would have been.
Yes, and he upsets all the right people. So far, so good.
Know the teachings of Christ and learn from Him:
Romans 1:20-28New International Version (NIV)
20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for…
Romans 1:20-28 CONTINUED
the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Romans 1:20-28 concluded:
“28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.”
This is Sacred Scripture. The words reveal the Living Word and His words which are Eternal Life. Pray the Scriptures and put on the “mind of Christ.” Open your heart to the love of God and follow Jesus Christ and His Way.
The gay lifestyle is unhealthy and leads to a much reduced lifespan and high costs to the working public to pay for their expensive medicines and medical care. The behavior is not normal and has a high social cost to families. Where is the pride in that?
John… I’m not sure there is a “gay lifestyle.” In the last few months the “gay” things I’ve done were written checks to two LGBT non-profits. Attended a NCLR fundraiser and written a congradulations note to a lesbian couple getting married in Texas. The Catholic things Iv’e done include going to mass each Sunday (except once) being anointed, meeting with the capital campaign consultant , hosting a lunch for our long time parish secretary and praying each day. It seems to me I live more of a catholic lifestyle than a gay one. Then there is also the small businesswoman lifestyle … don’t get me started on that.
C&H, as a Catholic, you should know it is sinful to encourage others in their sins. Instead of congratulating the TX couple, you should have done the Catholic thing and admonished them for their sin. It is the third spiritual work of mercy, which as a Catholic, you should know.
I think what he did is somewhat okay as long as it doesn’t offend people. Many people are easily offended especially Trump is handling things nowadays.
President Trump seems to be more Catholic than most Catholics, including the bishops. June is the month of the Sacred Heart, a heart which has a true, pure love for all of us. When a demented and wicked group wants to call unnatural lust ‘love’ that is mocking the virtue of love as well as the love Christ has for us. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us ! Ave Maria Purrissima !
Amen Jesusita.
Pride?! I’d think that the first thing a man loses when he becomes a practicing homosexual is his pride.
Nope. It’s not. Glad I could clear that up for you.
Proverbs 16:18
“Saint of 9/11” We should pray extra hard because there are sadly those in the Church who oppose his cause just because he was known to be gay.” His cause is not being opposed not only because he gay, but because he was a practicing sodomite. ie mortal sin. Whether he was in a state of grace at the hour of his death cannot be known, but he was in fact carrying on affairs with men while wearing the collar. This is not at the level of sainthood. BTW a real priest by the name of Father George Rutler was also on site at ground zero that day, but it was not advertised as he did not wish it. I await your liberal/gay defense of this cause celeb false gay priest .
Bohemond .. Unless you have some real evidence that Fr. Judge was not faithful to his vow of celebacy ( a “practicing sodomite” as you put it) you run the risk of engaging in culmany. Every biography of him indicates he was true to his vows.
Nonsense it was in the very gay friendly NY Times that he had a boyfriend.
He was an active ordained Catholic priest in good standing who died serving Christ while administering the sacraments. Anyone else would call him a martyr and therefore instantly canonizable. You disparage a dead man of God and Holy Orders itself, by calling him a “false” priest.
Bohemond, in all fairness– Fr. Mychal Judge died a tragic, horrible death, for Christ, giving the Last Rites of our Church to the dying, at 9/11!! He was clearly a brave martyr for Christ!! He was widely praised as a martyr, a hero, who also was reported to have led a very saintly life, as a Franciscan priest! That poor man, who gave his all, for Christ, at 9/11!! Could you do that, Bohemond?? Please cite the place, the computer link, where we may read the NY Times article! The NY Times is heavily immoral, liberal, and anti-Catholic– and it is best to take a good look at the article, and see what the writer reported!
The Gaystaop has used the Census as a Tool to Fool their enemies – meaning the rest of us
I have plenty of factual information from Census 2010 to back up the Political Manipulation and “Tweaking the Census Software” as part of the Pander or Perish pogrom of the Abominiation
“GOP senator voices concerns about pro-Dem firm working 2020 Census
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/05/gop-senator-voices-concerns-about-pro-dem-firm-working-2020-census.html#
last summer, a pro-Democratic analytics firm that describes itself as “a platform for hope and change” was included as a subcontractor in a $415 million advertising contract for the 2020 Census.
The data firm, Civis Analytics, was founded by the chief analytics officer…
“GOP senator voices concerns about pro-Dem firm working 2020 Census
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/05/gop-senator-voices-concerns-about-pro-dem-firm-working-2020-census.html#
The data firm, Civis Analytics, was founded by the chief analytics officer on former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.
Since congressional redistricting, which occurs every 10 years, is based on the results of the national Census, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is now asking the secretary of the Department of Commerce to ensure that the Census will be conducted in a nonpartisan fashion — and that redistricting will not be impacted.
Thank you for not promoting “Sodom and Gomorrah.”
Sorry C&H but Judge was a practicing homosexual and was known to have a boyfriend. He was no saint and should never be canonized.
Bohemond— I didn’t know that the brave, 9/11 hero and martyr for Christ, Fr. Mychal Judge, who heroically died while giving the Last Rites to the dying, at 9/11– BROKE HIS PRIESTLY VOWS TO GOD???? WHAT IS THE TRUTH??? Please do provide a reliable source, where the public can see 100% TRUE FACTS about his life!
P.S. Fr. Judge was also a Franciscan priest– with RELIGIOUS VOWS to the Franciscans! And also, as everyone knows — a Chaplain to the New York City Fire Dept.— and the first fatality reported, of 9/11!! God help us!!
Actually, upon careful thought, regarding the news reports of 9/11–I think that reports of Fr. Mychal Judge being “gay,” may have also been just stupid rumors (maybe even from jealous sources– or else, possibly anti-Catholic sources?? Not sure!) He was known to live his Franciscan priestly life, similar to St. Francis, deeply devoted to God— always helping the downcast, needy, and marginalized, ignoring his own needs, for Christ. Thousands attended his funeral, and he was viewed as very saintly–known by all, to spend all his life, all the time, in either deep, saintly prayer, or saintly works for God!! Hope it’s true!!
I do not know about anyone else, but as for me I celebrate the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Father’s Day and marriage between one man and one woman in June, and I encourage my family to do the same.
Anne T.– Me, too! And June is also the traditional month for weddings! We should all pray for the return of chastity, sexual morality, proper dating and courtship, lots of Catholic weddings, and lots of wonderful, happy, healthy, practicing-Catholic families, all over our country!
I do not want to beat up on C&H too much as she seems kind hearted but misguided. But gays seem to refuse to accept the Church’s teaching on sexual morality and the natural moral law. Due to their “liberation’ or whatever along with this transgender nonsense (mental illness) we are in the death throes of our culture. It does not stand a chance against an aggressive Islamic culture. Muslims will wipe out any notion of gay equality as they even they rightly see it as violation of the natural moral order.
Thomas E Miles you wrote earlier: “The mean spirited comments on both sides of the Pride issue tells me that you deserve one another!” Are you a Co-exister, unwilling to back R Catholic teaching? Allah isn’t God! Ever hear of God’s 1st Commandment? Commenters do not hate the sinner but hate the sin and for good cause it is sin–offends God. Is it better to offend God than sinful man? Is sinful man your ultimate Judge deciding your fate of heaven or earth or is it God’s role? St John Chapter 14: “He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me. And he that loveth Me shall be loved of My father;” Disobedience to God like in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans Chapter 1 shows no love toward God.
Devout Catholics love the sinner, but hate the sin. Heretical Catholics, and those Catholics in name only (CINOS), love the sin as well as the sinner.
John :21: “Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.” For those then that do not due the will of God the Father, they shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Fortunately for us sinners who disobey God at times, we can rely on God’s love and forgiveness through the Sacrament of Penance. However, for those who are adamant to and defy God’s will like stubborn practicing homosexuals or who promote homosexuality as written in St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans Chapter 1, without begging forgiveness and amending their preferred behavior to lives of chastity, then their souls are endangered!.
Isn’t pride the sin that threw satan out of Heaven? They should really change the name for these so called celebrations.
Well said Watchman.
Watchman, I disagree, the name of these sick impure celebrations fit the word Pride perfectly. You are correct, pride threw satan out of heaven. Homosexual pride which defies God’s will, will also block un-repentant homosexuals from entering the Kingdom of Heaven! Only pure souls are allowed to enter through the gates of Heaven, that is why there is purgatory and the Sacrament of Penance.
Just speaking Roman Catholic teachings/facts. Only hater of sin, not the sinner. Why should I want my God whom I love with my whole heart to be hurt and offended by accepting/promoting sin which offends Him?