Can I get an amen

 

PinkNews: Hillary Clinton has delivered a groundbreaking speech to a United Nations summit in Geneva following the US’ declaration that its agencies will challenge the criminalisation of gay acts and LGBT identity overseas.

The Secretary of State said gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people were “human beings born free and bestowed equality and dignity, who have a right to claim that, which is now one of the remaining human rights challenges of our time”.

She said: “Some seem to believe it is a western phenomenon and therefore people outside the west have grounds to reject it.

“Well, in reality gay people are born into and belong to every society in the world.

“They are all ages, all races, all faiths, they are doctors and teachers, farmers and bankers, soldiers and athletes.

“Whether we know it, whether we acknowledge it, they are our family, our friends and our neighbours.

“Being gay is not a western invention, it is a human reality.”

She also spoke of a new Global Equality Fund to support the work of “civil society organisations” internationally.

She told diplomats: “This fund will help them record facts so they can target their advocacy, learn how to use the law as a tool, manage their budgets, train their staffs, and forge partnerships with women’s organizations and other human rights groups.

“We have committed more than $3 million to start this fund, and we have hope that others will join us in supporting it.”

Viva la Feminista: Hillary Clinton Could Easily Win 2012 Election, If She Were Actually Running

 

Jezebel: In 2012 the Democrats can secure a landslide victory against any of the Republican frontrunners — they just have to nominate Hillary Clinton instead of Barack Obama. According to a poll conducted by Time, if Clinton were the Democratic nominee, she’d beat Mitt Romney 55% to 38%, Rick Perry 58% to 32%, and Herman Cain 56% to 34% among likely voters. The poll projects President Obama would win too, but he’s only trounce Romney 46% to 43%, Perry 50% to 38% and Cain 49% to 37%. Not to downplay Clinton’s success as secretary of state, but we doubt she’d be quite as popular if she had guided us through various economic crises, health care reform, and the tail end of two wars. Nevertheless, Clinton is more popular than she’s ever been and it’s still entirely possible that at the last minute she’ll break away from the Democrats, form her own party (Hillarians? Rodocrats? Bull Moose Party?), and challenge Obama for the presidency … or just retire from public service like she keeps saying she will.

Just don’t get rid of Rachel Maddow

Jezebel: This week while testifying before the U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities Committee, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised Al Jazeera and dared to suggest that the constant fear-mongering, silly social networking, and misinformation featured on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC isn’t the height of journalistic excellence.

Clinton said that the U.S. is losing the “information war” around the world, as English-language channels like Russia Today and CCTV are more popular than American news sources, Time reports. She went on to single out Al Jazeera, saying:

Al Jazeera has been the leader in that [it is] literally changing people’s minds and attitudes. And like it or hate it, it is really effective… In fact viewership of al Jazeera is going up in the United States because it’s real news. You may not agree with it, but you feel like you’re getting real news around the clock instead of a million commercials and, you know, arguments between talking heads and the kind of stuff that we do on our news which, you know, is not particularly informative to us, let alone foreigners.

Girl Scouts are learning from lesbians and feminists

AfterEllen:For every dollar you spent on Girl Scout cookies last year, you kicked a small child into a pit of debauchery, reports World Net Daily in their exposé “Girl Scouts Exposed: Lessons in Lesbianism.” While you were shoving Thin Mint after Tagalong after Samoa into your mouth, Girl Scout leaders were turning their long-respected program into a full-blown “sexuality camp.

First, WND exposed the radical agenda of Amaze and GirlTopia, workbooks for younger Girl Scouts. Take for example the way GirlTopia advises kids to let evil music into their ears.

“Girltopia” encourages girls to “let songs inspire you,” and as some examples, it provides lyrics to songs such as “Independent Women, part 1″ by Destiny’s Child; “Hammer and a Nail” by the Indigo Girls — an “out” lesbian rock band; and “Imagine” by John Lennon. The curriculum also asks girls to create an avatar “to represent the ideal you in Girltopia” and features “Wild Geese,” a short poem by lesbian poet Mary Oliver.

Kids, this is what lesbians look like in the wild. Remember, you’re more scared of them than they are of you.

The most derision, however, was reserved for Your Voice Your World: The Power of Advocacy, the Girl Scout curriculum for high school juniors and seniors. First strike: it encourages women to speak out against totally acceptable things like racism, child poverty and global warming.

Second strike: it lists 50 women to look up to, including “out” lesbian tennis phenoms Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova; “out” lesbian composer and women’s suffrage advocate Ethel Mary Smyth; alleged lesbian Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet and one of the author’s of Roosevelt’s New Deal; alleged lesbian Rachel Carson, environmental protection activist; “out” lesbian congresswoman Barbara Jordan; and honorary gaymo Bette Midler.

Third strike: Radical agenda-maker Hillary Clinton was a Girl Scout and a Brownie.

Billie Jean King likes Thin Mints, while Hillary Clinton prefers Do-Si-Dos.

Hello Madam Secretary

Former President Clinton and her Senate staff looked on as Clinton’s childhood friend and D.C. appeals court Associate Judge Kathleen Oberly swore her in on a Bible belonging to the former first lady’s late father, in a ceremony in her Senate office.

Over the objections of just two U.S. senators, Hillary Clinton was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next secretary of state Wednesday by a vote of 94-2. Clinton’s confirmation was originally expected to take place along with the of the six other Obama cabinet nominees who were confirmed by a unanimous vote shortly after Barack Obama’s swearing in as the 44th President of the United States on Tuesday. However, the lone objection of Senator John Cornyn of Texas delayed Clinton’s confirmation.

The two holdouts were Republican Senators. David Vitter of Lousiana. and Jim DeMint of South Carolina. According to Chris Cillizza’s blog at the Washington Post, both politicians appear to have voted nay on Clinton for reasons linked to their need to shore up their conservative credibility. “Clinton’s confirmation was originally expected to take place along with the of the six other Obama cabinet nominees who were confirmed by a unanimous vote shortly after Barack Obama’s swearing in as the 44^th President of the United States on Tuesday.However, the lone objection of Senator John Cornyn of Texas delayed Clinton’s confirmation.
Despite holding up Clinton’s confirmation on Tuesday, Cornyn was not one of the two U.S. senators who voted against the former first lady on Wednesday. Instead the two holdouts were  Republican Senators. David Vitter of Louisiana. and  Jim DeMint of South Carolina. According to Chris Cillizza’s blog at the Washington Post, both politicians appear to have voted nay on Clinton for reasons linked to their need to shore up their conservative credibility.