HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
ENDORSES HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT
HRC (Human Rights Commission) today announced its endorsement of Hillary
Clinton for President. HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of 32 community
leaders from across the nation, unanimously voted to endorse Secretary Clinton
-- an endorsement she will accept next Sunday, January 24 at an event in
Des Moines, Iowa with HRC President Chad Griffin and the organization’s members
and supporters.
Today’s endorsement comes at a time when the stakes could not be higher for
the LGBT community.
HRC President Chad Griffin said “While Republicans fight to take us
backwards, Hillary Clinton is fighting to advance LGBT equality across our
nation and throughout the world. We are proud to endorse Hillary Clinton for
president, and believe that she is the champion we can count on in November --
and every day she occupies the Oval Office.”
Secretary Clinton has made LGBT equality a pillar of her campaign and
recently unveiled the most robust and ambitious LGBT plan any candidate for
president has ever laid out. She has vowed to fight for the Equality Act.
Clinton also has a long record as a champion
for LGBT rights both in the U.S. and, notably, around the globe. As Secretary
of State, Clinton became the first in her position to robustly advocate for
LGBT equality throughout the world, making a historic and forceful speech to
the United Nations declaring that “gay rights are human rights.” In the Senate,
she helped lead on bills to protect LGBT workers from employment discrimination,
and had a strong record on key votes and legislation that mattered to LGBT
Americans.
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