Chelsea Clinton Says Equality is the Premise and Promise of Our Country
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton closed the HRC’s inaugural Time to Thrive conference in Las Vegas yesterday, saying gay-rights causes have made “incredible progress” on political and legal fronts in 2013, but progress should not be mistaken for success. She called equality for members of the community the “unfinished business of the 21st century.”
“I’ve often been asked why issues of equality are so important to me. Frankly, I don’t know why they ask that question,” Clinton said. “This is about the premise and promise of our country. (It’s) always marching forward to a more perfect union. I was raised in a family where inertia is not an option.”
“Changing laws and changing the political dialogue, while necessary, is insufficient to ensure that bullying stops, to ensure that every young person is supported by their parents and their teachers as they question who they are and they discover who they are, regardless of their sexuality,” Clinton added.
During the three-day conference, Betty DeGeneres, mother of Ellen DeGeneres, stressed the importance of parents in giving support to LGBT children, and Candace Gingrich, half-sister of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, served as a moderator for a panel discussion about LGBT youth issues.
The conference drew media attention over the weekend after actress Ellen Page came out as lesbian while speaking at the event.
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