Biden Democracy Summit Attacks Whites and Catholics
by Alexis I. Fragosa, C-Fam:
A U.S. official said this week that she wants to see an end to the “white” agenda. LGBT activist Jessica Stern said this at the Summit for Democracy convened this week by the U.S. government. Stern did not explain what’s involved in the “white agenda.”
The panel discussion, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and a special side event to President Biden’s Summit for Democracy, was moderated by Stern, the U.S. Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+. The panel featured gay and transgender government officials and activists, “promoting the human rights of LGBTQI+ people as a cornerstone of our commitment to democracy.”
“I have a Christmas list of some kind to help us along the way,” said transgender activist Phylesha Brown-Acton. “Start[ing] with ending white traditionalist racist and conservative religious agendas that outplay themselves across all regions in the world that fuel violence and threaten democracy.”
“We all want to see all of those things for you and all of us,” said Stern, “That was fantastic.”
The panel discussion, described as “a vital part of the President’s Summit for Democracy” by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, not only promoted what could be interpreted as racist comments but also attacked the Catholic Church.
“Now when it comes to LGBTQI+ the Catholic church, or the church in general, but mostly the Catholic church are very rigid,” said Esther Muthoni Rosanna Passaris, a parliamentarian from Nairobi, Kenya, who joined Catholics for Choice to advocate for LGBT and abortion rights.
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