Biden declares LGBTQ rights his No. 1 legislative priority

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declared Saturday that the Equality Act would be his top legislative priority, an effort to enshrine LGBTQ protections into the nation’s labor and civil rights laws.

The former vice president shared his hopes of signing the legislation as part of a keynote address to hundreds of activists at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Ohio gala on the first day of Pride Month. In a half-hour at the lectern, his remarks ranged from emotional tributes to his audience and their personal endurance to condemnations of President Donald Trump.

“It’s wrong and it is immoral what they’re doing,” Biden said of the Trump administration. Among other Trump polices, he cited attempts to bar transgender troops in the U.S. military, allow individuals in the medical field to refuse to treat LGBTQ individuals, and allow homeless shelters to refuse transgender occupants.

“Just like with racial justice and women’s rights, we are seeing pushback against all the progress we’ve made toward equality,” Biden said.

https://www.apnews.com/ab96c4d9b3a84ef9b10598781ff38e93

[Demit]

1. Oh, dear. Any group he speaks to from now on will know their issue is No. 2 or lower.

[burrowowl]

2. I'm a Lesbian but

Climate Change is my NUMBER 1 concern.

[loyalsister]

3. After all this time, you'd think he would be able to walk and chew gum

With all that needs to be done, it's hard for me to consider any single thing as a #1 priority. There is a long list of things that Obama was blocked from addressing and a whole mess of stuff Trump broke.

[Gothmog]

4. Joe Biden is amazing

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