It was always an exciting event to see the newly elected president pick his cabinet. Yeah, I'm a little geeky when it comes to politics and history and its interesting! Recent practices have led to a very well mixed set of advisors. We'd watch to see how many females, African Americans, individuals from smaller states were given the nod from the president-elect. We would look at their pasts and usually nod in agreement as these individuals were appointed to the highest levels of the American Government. Their resume's were bright with accomplishments and helped us understand why they were the correct person for the job.
Every single Trump cabinet member so far opposes LGBT rights.
Sorry for that rude wake up call.
Where are your happy thoughts now? It might be a pill we could swallow, that they are all anti-rainbow, if his selections were even a little qualified and worthy of the jobs to which Trump is appointing them. If they were a superior educator, we might say, okay, we can deal with it. If they had some foreign policy experience, we might grin and bear it. But combining their lack of any skills with the job they are given and they'll now be in charge of the nation's foreign policy, laws, education, security, and they're so very anti-LGBT, we have to throw our hands up and say a big W.T.F!
Vice President Mike Pence
The Governor of Indiana stirred up international outrage last year when he signed Indiana’s controversial ‘Religious Freedom Restoration Act’, giving businesses the right to discriminate against gay people on the grounds of religion.
Pence claimed the law was intended to “protect” organisations from having to provide services for same-sex weddings,.
Earlier this year appeared unable to answer when asked whether it should be legal to fire people because of their sexuality.
Pence recently confirmed plans to roll back Barack Obama’s executive protections on LGBT rights, so that “the transgender bathroom issue can be resolved with common sense at the local level”.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions is known as one of the most conservative and anti-LGBT members of Congress, holding a 0 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign’s Congressional Scorecard on LGBT rights.
He fought vocally against equal marriage and discrimination protections for LGBT people, and opposed lifting the ban on openly gay people serving in the military.
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos is a prominent donor to the anti-gay marriage lobby. She previously donated $200,000 in a successful bid to add an anti-gay marriage amendment to the Michigan ballot.
DeVos family organisations have also made large donations to anti-gay marriage causes – $500,000 to the National Organization for Marriage, and $100,000 to Florida4Marriage.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price
Another opponent of LGBT rights in Congress, Price is a co-sponsor of the First Amendment Defence Act, which would legalise discrimination against LGBT people on the grounds of religion.
He holds a zero rating on the Human Rights Campaign’s Congressional Scorecard on LGBT rights, opposing anti-discrimination protections.
When equal marriage became law, he fumed: “Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court serves only as further encouragement to use the court system as a systematic springboard to enact agendas outside the democratic and legislative structures of government."
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao
Secretary Chao served in George W Bush’s Cabinet as Labor Secretary, overseeing a Department of Labor which was opposed to LGBT anti-discrimination protections.
In recent years she has campaigned heavily for her husband, Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell.
McConnell, who led opposition to LGBT rights in the chamber, voted against adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes and supported a constitutional ban of same-sex marriage.
White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus
The current Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Priebus has steered the GOP into its most anti-LGBT position in decades, helping pass its most homophobic policy platform in decades.
The GOP platform opposes same-sex marriage and adoption, opposes a ban on ‘gay cure’ therapy, and supports ‘religious freedom’ laws to effectively permit anti-LGBT discrimination.
National Security Advisor Michael Flynn
The retired US Army Lieutenant has a history of opposing LGBT rights, recently attacking Obama administration for lifting the ban on transgender people serving in the military.
“My God, war is not about bathrooms. War is not about political correctness or words that are meaningless.”
Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley
The Governor of South Carolina initially vowed to defend her state’s ban on same-sex weddings amid a lawsuit.
She said: “The citizens of South Carolina spoke – they spoke something that I, too, believe, which is marriage should between a man and a woman. I’m going to stand by the people of this state, stand by the constitution, I’m going to support it and fight for it every step of the way.”
Haley also only agreed to endorse Mitt Romney in 2012 after checking he opposed equal marriage, confirming: “I asked him about family and he believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman.” – pinknews.co.uk
And he's not done yet. Let's see who is next to help trump lead his nation.
Will it be our nation anymore?
h/t: pinknews.co.uk
Trump is anti every thing.
Trump is anti every thing. he will lie, kill just to get to where he what's he is only into him self money is the only thing he believes in. This is more than just about LGBT i am a gay man but i am scared for everyone if you are a christian and you are black you skin is wrong, if you believe in anything else and it don't have Trump on it its wrong. but can i say lo every person in the bible was not white do any of those people know where they came from….
My working theory is that
My working theory is that Trump was not expecting to win. But now that he has he realized he doesn't have any idea how Washington works on the inside. So, he told his VP to take care of anything that doesn't affect Trump Industries. Sounds overly simple, perhaps, but toss it around in your head and see if it fits.
Some people say Trump isn’t
Some people say Trump isn't anti gay. Are they out of their minds?