Russia Anti-Gay Law: America Mistreats LGBT People Too

http://www.policymic.com/articles/58969/russia-anti-gay-law-america-mistreats-lgbt-people-too

i agree i believe that is what has gotten us into most wars US interferring in other countries soverign rights while all up in arms about protecting ours, two faced?

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama“postponed” a long-standing appointmentwith Russian President Vladimir Putin, basically to express the United States’s pissed-off feelings toward Russia lately. In addition to Russia's decision to grant asylum to Edward Snowden, one of Obama’s other primary explanations for this move was particularly unfounded.

"I have no patience for countries that try to treat gays or lesbians or transgender persons in ways that intimidate them or are harmful to them," Obama told Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, the evening before he announced the cancellation.

and what part of that was unfounded?

Sure, Russia’s recent anti-gay legislation, spelled out in plain English here, is disappointing news for the human rights and LGBT movements. But America's own very slow progress toward national acceptance of the LGBT community is equally as disappointing.

Yes, the elimination of the Defense Against Marriage Act was a great step forward, but now? In the words of one lawyer, “it’s raining lawsuits” – across the country, same-sex couples are challenging state-supported bans on gay marriage. And Pennsylvania’s example proves that it’s not necessarily going to be an easy fight for LGBT folks to win.

After one PA county began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, state governor Tom Corbett responded “with force,” accusing Attorney General Kathleen Kane of abrogating her duties by refusing to defend the state’s ban on gay marriage.

The state Health Department also filed a petition seeking a “cease and desist” order against the official issuing the licenses. Although same-sex marriage is no longer federally illegal, many states continue to deny its legitimacy, because they’re legally equipped to do so.

again how does this make Pres. statement unfounded, and if law is legal how can denying it have legal basis?

and what about the United States’ basic protections for the LGBT community people, in the workplace and at school? Federally speaking, there is no protection. Hopefully, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act will soon be passed, adding federal protection against workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

But as of right now, it’s up to individual states to decide whether their anti-discrimination policies will extend to encompass sexual orientation and gender identity.

this is what they know will happen and why they want to "send back to states" all the things they don't like because there states will still be the same right wing racist in the same denial mode therfore ststus quo, unchanged.