Friday, February 12, 2010

Baltic Pride: The Embassy of the USA supports the decision of the Mayor

From the Facebook group "Baltic Pride:"

The Embassy of the USA supports the decision of the Mayor

On Thursday, the 28th of January, the Ambassador of the USA in Vilnius, Anne E. Darse expressed support for the decision of the Municipality to issue a permit for the Baltic Pride March. The ambassador also presented a message from President Barack Obama regarding the rights of gay people.

“<…> in the name of the USA the Ambassador supported the decision of the City Council to permit the march “For Equality”. She also stressed that the position of Lithuania’s capital completely coincides with the position of the USA regarding this issue”- is stated in the announcement by the City Council.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Anne Derse

Digger said...

I know. I copied the article as it was posted. I tend not to make edits to the pieces that I copy from other sources because that is how they appeared.