Ashcroft bans pride celebration. (Politics).Attorney General John Ashcroft John David Ashcroft (born May 9 1942) is an American politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. He served during the first term of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005. Ashcroft was previously the Governor of Missouri (1985 – 1993) and a U.S. has, for the first time ever for a federal agency, banned a gay pride celebration. Ashcroft told Justice Department employees that they can't hold a pride event because President Bush does not recognize gay pride with an official proclamation. The gay employee group DOJ (Department Of Justice) The legal arm of the U.S. government that represents the public interest of the United States. It is headed by the Attorney General. Pride has held an annual celebration since the late 1990s, including one last year, when Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson This page is about the Deputy Attorney General. For the president of Ringling College of Art and Design, see Larry R. Thompson. Larry Dean Thompson (15 November 1945, Hannibal, Missouri, - ) was a deputy Attorney General of the United States under United States spoke. "This sends a real chilling message to Justice Department employees who are gay and lesbian," David Smith, a spokesman for the gay group Human Rights Campaign, told The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. "This says, 'You're not welcome....' It says that employees can celebrate Asian-American heritage month and Hispanic heritage month and so on, but you cannot." |
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