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Sunday, June 26 will mark one year since the Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land nationwide in its Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. June 26 is also the anniversary of three other landmark pro-LGBT Supreme Court decisions: U.S. v. Windsor ( 2013 ), Hollingsworth v. Perry ( 2013 ), and Lawrence v. Texas ( 2003 ).
As we celebrate this important day, the Democratic National Committee has produced a video reflecting on eight years of progress for LGBT Americans during President Obama's administration.
"LGBT Americans have seen tremendous progress under President Obama, and we can't afford to go backwards. There is more work to be done to achieve full equality. We need to enact the Equality Act to prevent discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. We need to prevent and reverse anti-gay and anti-trans legislative efforts like HB2 and so-called religious freedom legislation that would allow businesses and government officials to discriminate against our community. That's why it's so important to defeat Donald Trump and elect a Democrat as the next President of the United States to continue to build on President Obama's remarkable pro-LGBT record." — TJ Helmstetter, DNC spokesperson
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
TITLE CARD: WE STAND TOGETHER
TITLE CARD: FOR DECADES THE LGBT COMMUNITY HAS FOUGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
ATTORNEY GENERAL LORETTA LYNCH: This is about the dignity and the respect that we accord our fellow citizens and the laws that we as a people and as a country have enacted to protect them.
Indeed to protect all of us.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: "This afternoon I signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act."
PRESIDENT OBAMA: "The fourth reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act."
PRESIDENT OBAMA: "Don't ask don't tell don't exist no more.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: "Today we are releasing our national HIV/AIDS Strategy."
PRESIDENT OBAMA: "You have transgender kids- we should try to accommodate to these kids so they are not in a vulnerable situation."
PRESIDENT OBAMA: "Visiting hours in hospitals no longer depend on who you are. And insurance companies can no longer turn somebody away simply because of who you love."
PRESIDENT OBAMA: "This morning The Supreme Court recognizes that the constitution guarantees marriage equality."
TITLE CARD: AS OTHERS TRY TO SLOW DOWN PROGRESS, REMEMBER...
ATTORNEY GENERAL LORETTA LYNCH: "We see you. We stand with you. And we will do everything we can to protect you going forward."
TITLE CARD: WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING
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