U.S. Taxpayers Fund President’s Appearance at Fundraiser for Radical Lobbying Group

President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak Saturday night at a fundraising event for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a far- left lobbying group that promotes forcing Americans to accept and applaud homosexual behavior. The group regularly lobbies to force Americans to affirm homosexuality and targets youth with weekly “Queerly Speaking” YouTube videos to advance its agenda. Obama’s appearance at the fundraiser raises questions about the propriety of a President speaking at such an event, when taxpayers must pay the cost for his travel and security.

The President’s speech appears to be a payback for HRC’s endorsement of his candidacy. In a June 2008 press release, the group endorsed Obama for President, stating: “Senator Obama supports federal benefits and protections for same-sex couples, a fully- inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act and hate crimes legislation, comprehensive sex education, the repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy,…opposes the federal marriage amendment and bans on adoption by GLBT people.”

In order to carry out Obama’s pro-homosexual agenda, the administration is busy filling federal agencies with individuals who will fulfill the President’s desire to promote the HRC agenda. Agencies are actively recruiting for positions dedicated to promoting homosexuality in federal agencies. One such position was announced in an advertisement by the USDA’s National Resources Conservation Service for a “National Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Special Emphasis Program Manager.” The ad states that this new position will involve identifying “discrimination in employment and program delivery;” writing articles, outreach and recruitment activities, and giving guidance on “issues related to the GLBT Emphasis Program area.”

Mathew D. Staver, Founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, commented: “Obama is the most divisive President in American history. He seems to relish in promoting radical policies and ideas that drive a wedge between people who hold contrasting beliefs and values. Obama will be known as President of the Divided States, because he has taken a radical stance in the culture war. He is on the wrong side of life, morality, and liberty. Although Obama was recently given the Nobel Peace Prize, he has done nothing to advance peace in this Nation or abroad. When abroad, he apologizes for America and is embarrassed by American exceptionalism. Domestically, Obama promotes a culture war. He is not the symbol of peace.”