President Obama designated the Stonewall Inn and the area around in New York as the first national monument dedicated to the LGBT rights movement. The Tavern was the place where a police raid in 1969 motivated the modern gay rights movement. Patrons of the Stonewall in Greenwich Village rioted after the raid on June 28, which led to a protest movement fighting discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Greenwich Village was a hotbed of gay people in the 1960s.
“The nation’s national parks “should reflect the full story of our country,” Obama said by video when announcing the dedication. “Out of many, we are one.”
The monument will protect Christopher Park, which is across the street from Stonewall, and encompasses 7.7 acres of land, which also includes the Stonewall Inn, and the surrounding streets and sidewalks where uprising took place. The site has been designated as a National Historic landmark and will be listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a part of the National Park Service.
Chad Griffin, President of the Human Rights Campaign, said the Stonewall designation is especially appropriate in the light of the terrorist attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando. He said he hopes the new monument “will be a source of inspiration to a new generation of Americans across the country standing up for equality and uniting to show the world that love conquers hate.”
The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus applauded the decision saying that Stonewall “launched the modern LGBT civil rights movement here and around the world – like Selma did for racial justice and Seneca Falls did for women’s rights.”
As the United States descends into the moral abyss, President Obama will go down in history as the U.S. president who brought it there. The records of heaven will no doubt mark the monument for special destruction.
“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.” Luke 17:28