PM Brown hosts RECEPTION for GLBT soldiers: "No one need walk the road to equality alone again"

[Bluebear]

Prime minister Gordon Brown paid tribute last night to gay and lesbian members of the armed forces at a reception to mark the contribution of the LGBT community for Britain.

He told guests at 10 Downing Street, including a number of gay servicemembers, that there was a “debt of gratitude we can never fully repay”.

He said that the pride they felt was “nothing compared to the pride we feel in them”.

Mr Brown cited the current struggle in the US to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, which bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, saying he knew debate on the issue continued.

In 2009, for the first LGBT reception at Downing Street, Mr Brown said that the ban on gay marriage in California was “unacceptable”.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the British military allowing out gay soldiers.

Mr Brown said: “I promise you that no one need walk the road to equality alone again.”

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/02/25/gordon-brown-promises-gay-people-they-will-not-have-to-walk-alone/

[Political_Junkie]

1. That's beautiful.

I'm teary eyed.

[Bluebear]

2. I got misty thinking how it must be for your country's leaders to say those words to you.

To actually respect your contribution and not treat you like some sexual misfit.

[Bluebear]

3. good morning