{"id":18383,"date":"2017-06-19T12:10:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T12:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=18383"},"modified":"2020-06-09T07:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T11:00:05","slug":"72-congressional-democrats-condemn-trump-no-pride-proclamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/06\/72-congressional-democrats-condemn-trump-no-pride-proclamation\/","title":{"rendered":"72 congressional Democrats condemn Trump for no Pride proclamation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/rainbowdonkey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18381\"><br \/>\n\u201cThe White House\u2019s decision to remain silent about Pride Month after eight consecutive years of presidential recognition sends a troubling message to the LGBT community that your administration is not committed to advancing equality for all Americans, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.  We urge you to honor your campaign promise to be a \u2018real friend\u2019 of the LGBT community by issuing a proclamations and supporting lasting change and progress through policies that advance LGBT rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2017\/06\/16\/69-congressional-dems-blast-trump-no-pride-proclamation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Blade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congressional Democrats sent a pair of letters \u2014 one from U.S. House members, the other from U.S. senators \u2014 to President Trump chastising him for not issuing a proclamation recognizing June as Pride month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/norcross.house.gov\/sites\/norcross.house.gov\/files\/FINAL_LGBT%20Pride%20Month%20Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The House letter<\/a>, signed by 53 Democrats, was led by Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blumenthal.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/06.16.17%20-%20Trump%20Letter%20on%20LGBT%20Pride.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Senate letter<\/a> \u2014 led by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) \u2014 was signed by 19 U.S. senators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe White House\u2019s decision to remain silent about Pride Month after eight consecutive years of presidential recognition sends a troubling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":18381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[13566],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>72 congressional Democrats condemn Trump for no Pride proclamation - Proud Parenting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/06\/72-congressional-democrats-condemn-trump-no-pride-proclamation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"72 congressional Democrats condemn Trump for no Pride proclamation - 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