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> No 'Gay Pride Month' designation from White House
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> SANDRA SOBIERAJ, Associated Press Writer    Friday, June 1, 2001
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> (06-01) 13:38 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --
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> President Bush is opting out of Gay Pride Month.
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> White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush will not, as President
> Clinton did, issue a proclamation with such a designation for this month.
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> Nor, as another White House official put into writing this week, will the
> executive office of the president sponsor an observance.
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> "The president believes every person should be treated with dignity and
> respect but he does not believe in politicizing people's sexual
orientation.
> That's a personal matter," McClellan said Friday.
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> In a staff memo circulated by the White House Office of Administration via
> e-mail, managers within the administration were advised:
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> "The executive office of the president will not sponsor an observance for
> Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. The executive office of the president will
> continue to observe, in some form or manner, the special emphasis programs
> that are traditionally recognized through the Affirmative Employment
> Program."
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> "Those programs recognize minorities and women that have been
traditionally
> underrepresented in the work force," the e-mail continued.
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> David Smith, spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, the country's
largest
> gay and lesbian advocacy group, said that since Bush became president in
> January he has signed proclamations designating Black History Month,
Women's
> History Month and Irish-American Heritage Month.
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> Bush has "reached out to other constituencies," Smith said. "His refusal
to
> reach out to our community calls into question his promise to be president
> of all the people."
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> In previous years, Clinton signed proclamations for Gay Pride Month and
his
> administration sponsored speakers' forums for the occasion.
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> This year, some executive branch offices, including the Interior and
> Transportation departments, are still planning their own observances
> regardless of White House endorsement.
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