The Obama administration plans to set up "the nation's first national resource center" for older homosexual, bisexual, and transgender Americans.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday announced in a press release that the new Resource Center for LGBT Elders "will provide information, assistance, and resources for both LGBT organizations and mainstream aging services providers at the state and community level to assist them in the development and provision of culturally sensitive supports and services." The Administration on Aging will be awarding a Resource Center grant of $250,000 per year.
The Human Rights Campaign -- the nation's largest pro-homosexual lobby group -- has applauded creation of the Resource Center, claiming LGBT elders "face significant discrimination from senior care providers."
Dave Racer (MN publisher and author)Dave Racer is a publisher from St. Paul, Minnesota, who has co-authored three books on the U.S. healthcare industry. He says it "boggles the mind" to think that the Obama administration would be spending tax dollars to support the lifestyles of elderly homosexuals during what the president has said is the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
"This is prima facie evidence of what happens when we don't pay attention to our government," Racer laments. "We elect people to go down there and represent us who don't represent us -- and we go on with our lives. It's just another indication to me of the idea that the little things that we allow to happen today become big things down the line.
"If we had spoken out on these issues of gender-identity years ago and put a stop to it, we wouldn't be having this discussion today," says the author.
Racer says the Obama administration's new Resource Center for LGBT Elders is just another example of what he calls "the devolution of our society."
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday announced in a press release that the new Resource Center for LGBT Elders "will provide information, assistance, and resources for both LGBT organizations and mainstream aging services providers at the state and community level to assist them in the development and provision of culturally sensitive supports and services." The Administration on Aging will be awarding a Resource Center grant of $250,000 per year.
The Human Rights Campaign -- the nation's largest pro-homosexual lobby group -- has applauded creation of the Resource Center, claiming LGBT elders "face significant discrimination from senior care providers."
Dave Racer (MN publisher and author)Dave Racer is a publisher from St. Paul, Minnesota, who has co-authored three books on the U.S. healthcare industry. He says it "boggles the mind" to think that the Obama administration would be spending tax dollars to support the lifestyles of elderly homosexuals during what the president has said is the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
"This is prima facie evidence of what happens when we don't pay attention to our government," Racer laments. "We elect people to go down there and represent us who don't represent us -- and we go on with our lives. It's just another indication to me of the idea that the little things that we allow to happen today become big things down the line.
"If we had spoken out on these issues of gender-identity years ago and put a stop to it, we wouldn't be having this discussion today," says the author.
Racer says the Obama administration's new Resource Center for LGBT Elders is just another example of what he calls "the devolution of our society."
by Jim Brown
