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Alyosha
05-08-2014, 01:48 PM
This one floored me, like...why? Why is this the job of the USDA and not just something coming from the White House or ... I dunno...how is this related to growing food and why should we pay for this again?

http://www.towleroad.com/2014/05/department-of-agriculture-launches-nationwide-campaign-to-address-needs-of-rural-lgbt-people.html

The goal of the campaign is to challenge the stereotype that LGBT people live only in metropolitan areas by elevating the voices and stories of LGBT people living in rural America. The campaign will also raise awareness of the particular issues faced by LGBT rural communities including increased rates of economic insecurity, lack of family protections, lack of nondiscrimination protections, and the heightened challenges facing rural LGBT youth and rural LGBT people of color.


The centerpiece of the campaign is a series of day-long summits hosted by USDA, NCLR, and local partners based in rural communities across the country. These summits will focus on the unique needs of the rural LGBT community, highlight the efforts the Obama administration has undertaken to protect this community, and identify next steps to ensure all rural communities have access to the resources they need to thrive.

Green Arrow
05-08-2014, 01:51 PM
That's...stupid. Completely and utterly stupid.

Captain Obvious
05-08-2014, 01:52 PM
Well, NASA was reassigned to "Muslim outreach" or some shit like that, so what the hell.

Codename Section
05-08-2014, 01:52 PM
There goes the surplus Cigar brought up...

Matty
05-08-2014, 01:53 PM
This one floored me, like...why? Why is this the job of the USDA and not just something coming from the White House or ... I dunno...how is this related to growing food and why should we pay for this again?

http://www.towleroad.com/2014/05/department-of-agriculture-launches-nationwide-campaign-to-address-needs-of-rural-lgbt-people.html

The goal of the campaign is to challenge the stereotype that LGBT people live only in metropolitan areas by elevating the voices and stories of LGBT people living in rural America. The campaign will also raise awareness of the particular issues faced by LGBT rural communities including increased rates of economic insecurity, lack of family protections, lack of nondiscrimination protections, and the heightened challenges facing rural LGBT youth and rural LGBT people of color.


The centerpiece of the campaign is a series of day-long summits hosted by USDA, NCLR, and local partners based in rural communities across the country. These summits will focus on the unique needs of the rural LGBT community, highlight the efforts the Obama administration has undertaken to protect this community, and identify next steps to ensure all rural communities have access to the resources they need to thrive.
The USDA must have some untapped funds that need pissing away.

Green Arrow
05-08-2014, 01:56 PM
The USDA must have some untapped funds that need pissing away.

It's all the bribery money they get to let big food chains skate passed regulations.

Alyosha
05-08-2014, 01:56 PM
This is almost as bad as paying for research on Chinese hookers. Why? When people are out of jobs why are we doing stuff like this and why is it coming out of the USDA budget?

nathanbforrest45
05-08-2014, 02:01 PM
Its just more of this administrations Balkanization of America. The more groups and sub groups identified the more victims you can create that you and only you can save from the big bad "others"

Mr. Mensch
05-08-2014, 02:01 PM
They need to be sure to include the LGBT hillbillies too!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlUcUfHkdYk

nathanbforrest45
05-08-2014, 02:03 PM
What about Gay Left Handed Red Haired Dwarfs with a marked propensity toward procrastination and sloth? Don't they deserve special recognition?

Bob
05-08-2014, 02:09 PM
The USDA must have some untapped funds that need pissing away.

This whole thing is the tail wagging the dog. By consorting with the outcasts, Obama hopes to improve his image. Well, he failed.

nathanbforrest45
05-08-2014, 02:11 PM
Next on the agenda is the Department of Transportation will hold meetings to discuss the proper method of raising cat fish and the rules of Championship Dominoes.

Matty
05-08-2014, 02:12 PM
Next on the agenda is the Department of Transportation will hold meetings to discuss the proper method of raising cat fish and the rules of Championship Dominoes.
Don't forget special ed. For pinochle.

junie
05-08-2014, 02:16 PM
looks like old news...





From 1999 till 2009, USDA had the Gay and Lesbian Employees Advisory Council (GLEAC)

June 2009, Secretary Vilsack signed Departmental Regulation 4230-002 creating a Special Emphasis Program for LGBT employees.

We’re going to sign a document that is our collective commitment from the leadership of the Department down to every single employee that suggests that diversity, including gay and lesbian diversity, is going to be celebrated, going to be recognized, and going to be part of the USDA experience.”
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack
USDA Pride Celebration
June 4, 2009




LGBT at USDA: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Special Emphasis Program (http://www.fs.fed.us/cr/LGBT%20SEPM%20at%20USDA.pptx)
This PowerPoint presentation focuses on the USDA’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Special Emphasis Program. It highlights information for a safe, inclusive workplace environment.

Codename Section
05-08-2014, 02:17 PM
junie

still doesn't explain why tax dollars should go for this when we allegedly have a funding problem for vets, SNAP, etc

Green Arrow
05-08-2014, 02:25 PM
looks like old news...





From 1999 till 2009, USDA had the Gay and Lesbian Employees Advisory Council (GLEAC)

June 2009, Secretary Vilsack signed Departmental Regulation 4230-002 creating a Special Emphasis Program for LGBT employees.

We’re going to sign a document that is our collective commitment from the leadership of the Department down to every single employee that suggests that diversity, including gay and lesbian diversity, is going to be celebrated, going to be recognized, and going to be part of the USDA experience.”
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack
USDA Pride Celebration
June 4, 2009




LGBT at USDA: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Special Emphasis Program (http://www.fs.fed.us/cr/LGBT SEPM at USDA.pptx)
This PowerPoint presentation focuses on the USDA’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Special Emphasis Program. It highlights information for a safe, inclusive workplace environment.

Unlike wine, stupidity does not get better with age.

Ravi
05-08-2014, 02:36 PM
I think USDA has always had minority outreach programs.

This is totally gay!

junie
05-08-2014, 02:36 PM
Unlike wine, stupidity does not get better with age.


i guess you don't have much to look forward to then...

Green Arrow
05-08-2014, 02:39 PM
i guess you don't have much to look forward to then...

That rudeness was completely uncalled for, but I've come to expect such pettiness from you.

Codename Section
05-08-2014, 02:42 PM
I think USDA has always had minority outreach programs.

This is totally gay!

Why? What does outreach have to do with growing food, pesticides, farmland renewal, etc.?

Captain Obvious
05-08-2014, 02:45 PM
Why? What does outreach have to do with growing food, pesticides, farmland renewal, etc.?

Cornhole?

Plowing the dirt road?

You just don't have enough imagination is all.

Ravi
05-08-2014, 02:45 PM
Why? What does outreach have to do with growing food, pesticides, farmland renewal, etc.?
The program is to get minorities into farming and the food industry. I don't really see a problem with it.

Codename Section
05-08-2014, 02:46 PM
The program is to get minorities into farming and the food industry. I don't really see a problem with it.

No it is not. Read the article. It is to demonstrate that not all gays and lesbians live in big cities. Why do I need that demonstrated? Everyone has a gay cousin.

Codename Section
05-08-2014, 02:49 PM
The goal of the campaign is to challenge the stereotype that LGBT people live only in metropolitan areas by elevating the voices and stories of LGBT people living in rural America. The campaign will also raise awareness of the particular issues faced by LGBT rural communities including increased rates of economic insecurity, lack of family protections, lack of nondiscrimination protections, and the heightened challenges facing rural LGBT youth and rural LGBT people of color.

Why must tax dollars go to showing people that gays don't all live in big cities? I don't care. I don't care if they do all live in big cities or if they don't all live in big cities. So the fuck what?

Would any of you, any of you at all, spend your own money like this?

Captain Obvious
05-08-2014, 02:50 PM
Why must tax dollars go to showing people that gays don't all live in big cities? I don't care. I don't care if they do all live in big cities or if they don't all live in big cities. So the fuck what?

Would any of you, any of you at all, spend your own money like this?

I'm not arguing - it's a fucking joke.

Business as usual for this motley crew of a "democracy" we have here.

Ravi
05-08-2014, 02:52 PM
I think the article is a little misleading.

This one says something different.


Advocates and the USDA aim to “elevate” the needs of rural area LGBT people, who face numerous obstacles due to a lack of visibility, and to make them aware of USDA programs, according to Maya Rupert, policy director at NCLR. USDA programs — such as rural housing loans, community facility grants, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, youth programs, and community partnerships — can “strengthen the daily lives of LGBT rural community members,” the USDA’s description of the upcoming summit notes.


http://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/usda-plans-outreach-campaign-rule-change-aimed-at-rural-lgbt

Codename Section
05-08-2014, 02:57 PM
I think the article is a little misleading.

This one says something different.



http://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/usda-plans-outreach-campaign-rule-change-aimed-at-rural-lgbt


The original article is from a fucking gay activist website Ravi who took it from the USDA. Christ, you're so goofy sometimes.

Green Arrow
05-08-2014, 03:04 PM
I think the article is a little misleading.

This one says something different.



http://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/usda-plans-outreach-campaign-rule-change-aimed-at-rural-lgbt

Translation: The facts in your article are inconvenient to my agenda. Here's an article that confirms my biases.

GrassrootsConservative
05-08-2014, 03:05 PM
I'm sure "buzzfeed" is a reliable source... :rollseyes:

Codename Section
05-08-2014, 03:10 PM
From the original website, Towleroad which bills itself as a "site with homosexual tendencies"

Speaking to Buzzfeed, NCLR Policy Director Maya Rupert added (http://www.buzzfeed.com/tonymerevick/usda-plans-outreach-campaign-rule-change-aimed-at-rural-lgbt):
“What we want to do is dismantle some of these myths that the LGBT community doesn’t live in rural areas, that they are wealthy, and then also talk about the policies that would impact these peoples’ lives,” Rupert said. “As we experience an unprecedented number of LGBT equality victories across the country, many people living in rural communities have not seen the full impact of these victories simply because of where they live. We wanted to give people the opportunity to talk to the USDA officials and advocates and say, ‘These are the things we need.’”
The kick-off summit will take place on June 6th in Greensboro, North Carolina and will be co-hosted by USDA, NCLR, and the LGBTQ Law Center at North Carolina A&T State University. The keynote address and luncheon will be sponsored by the True Colors Fund.

Ravi
05-08-2014, 03:16 PM
The original article is from a fucking gay activist website @Ravi (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=698) who took it from the USDA. Christ, you're so goofy sometimes.
Good point! Gays are never wrong.

nathanbforrest45
05-08-2014, 03:17 PM
I live in a rural community. This program is very important to me. I need to know exactly how many flaming queens live in throwing distance of my home.

Codename Section
05-08-2014, 03:21 PM
Good point! Gays are never wrong.

Yeh, that's the point alright, not that a reputable GLBT source would try to portray the program in a positive light or get the story right or anything.

Where do you come from again?:rollseyes:

1751_Texan
05-08-2014, 05:04 PM
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=missionarea_RD.xml

Agencies and Offices (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navtype=MA&navid=AGENCIES_OFFICES_C)
A list of all Agencies and Offices within USDA

Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=missionarea_FFAS.xml)

Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=missionarea_FNC.xml)

Food Safety (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=missionarea_FS.xml)

Marketing and Regulatory Programs (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=missionarea_MRP.xml)

Natural Resources and Environment (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=missionarea_NRE.xml)

Research, Education and Economics (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=missionarea_REE.xml)

Rural Development (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=missionarea_RD.xml)


Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America by providing financial programs to support essential public facilities and services as water and sewer systems, housing, health clinics, emergency service facilities and electric and telephone service. Rural Development promotes economic development by providing loans to businesses through banks and community-managed lending pools, while also assisting communities to participate in community empowerment programs.

Ravi
05-08-2014, 05:07 PM
This is like the fauxrage over billboards that advertise that people can apply for SNAP. If you have a government program designed to help people then you sure as hell should attempt to help people.

nathanbforrest45
05-08-2014, 06:07 PM
Wait wait wait. After careful thought on this subject I have come to to realize this is exactly the USDA's mandate. After all, their prime interest is in fruits and nuts.

Alyosha
05-08-2014, 06:22 PM
This is like the fauxrage over billboards that advertise that people can apply for SNAP. If you have a government program designed to help people then you sure as hell should attempt to help people.

Can you explain how this helps everyone or is a good use of tax dollars as is SNAP? Outreach programs are pet projects that do not benefit groups as a whole.

Unlike SNAP gay rednecks aren't going to be showing up in droves to hear people talk about how much Obama's administration (see link) has done for them.

If they are gay redneck farmer types they are probably milking some cows and playing chicken on their John Deeres.

Germanicus
05-10-2014, 07:04 AM
Naked men in the desert. EEEwwwwwww!

7328

I wonder why homo stuff always needs to be so in your face you know?

And I feel this whole thing is stereotyping people that live in rural areas. And others.

Germanicus
05-10-2014, 07:06 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw

Germanicus
05-10-2014, 07:10 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySlZdASmGCM

Germanicus
05-10-2014, 07:13 AM
I have worked as a male childcare worker in rural Australia and had no problems. People, even from very traditional areas, in the west are far more progressive than the media gives them credit for.

edit- Not that that is gay but it is similar in a way. I think that people in rural areas are stereotyped and we need a global campaign funded by the US government. And why not a celebrity twitter campaign?

Akula
05-10-2014, 07:14 AM
looks like old news...





From 1999 till 2009, USDA had the Gay and Lesbian Employees Advisory Council (GLEAC)

June 2009, Secretary Vilsack signed Departmental Regulation 4230-002 creating a Special Emphasis Program for LGBT employees.

We’re going to sign a document that is our collective commitment from the leadership of the Department down to every single employee that suggests that diversity, including gay and lesbian diversity, is going to be celebrated, going to be recognized, and going to be part of the USDA experience.”
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack
USDA Pride Celebration
June 4, 2009




LGBT at USDA: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Special Emphasis Program (http://www.fs.fed.us/cr/LGBT SEPM at USDA.pptx)
This PowerPoint presentation focuses on the USDA’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Special Emphasis Program. It highlights information for a safe, inclusive workplace environment.


Vilsack! He and Pigford should be tarred and feathered.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/billflax/2012/10/02/pigford-ii-politically-correct-wealth-redistribution-infects-obamas-usda/

Peter1469
05-10-2014, 09:40 AM
If I had children I would not want males in their preschools, or middle schools. Sorry.