奥巴马支持同性恋，费力不讨好（双语）

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            According to U.S. media reported, U.S. President Barack Obama held a "gay pride month" celebration in the White House at the evening of June 22, and he said that legislation will make laws to protect equal rights for homosexuals as soon as possible.
            据美国媒体报道，美国总统奥巴马6月22日晚在白宫举办“同性恋自豪月”庆祝活动，并表示将尽快立法保障同性恋人士享有平等权利。

            In the White House East Room, Obama gave a speech to gay, lesbian and bisexual persons come from across the U.S.. He said:"We still face a very difficult task." He emphasized that homosexual couples should enjoy the same rights as heterosexual couples. He promised to fight fully for equal rights for homosexuals, including granting homosexual couples hospital visitation rights, abolition related laws "do not ask do not tell" in the army. The so-called "do not ask do not tell" policy is that in principle the military don’t welcome homosexuals, but they will not take an active role to ask servicemen’s sexual orientation and servicemen do not have to take the initiative to tell the military their sexual orientation. But once the servicemen or servicewomen say that they are homosexuals openly, they will be dismissed. Obama promised that he will achieve the promise during his tenure.
            奥巴马在白宫东厅向来自美国各地的男同性恋、女同性恋和双性恋人士发表演讲时说：“我们仍面临十分艰巨的任务。”他强调，同性恋夫妇应该享受与异性夫妇同样的权利。他承诺将全力为同性恋者争取平等权利，包括给予同性伴侣住院探视权，废除军队中“不问不说”的相关法律。所谓“不问不说”政策，即军方原则上不欢迎同性恋者，不过军方不会主动过问服役者的性倾向，服役者也不必主动向军方表明性倾向。但一旦服役男女公开表明自己是同性恋者，将被开除。奥巴马承诺，他将在任期内实现上述诺言。

            At the same time, Obama said the United States Department of Labor will soon introduce a new policy which allows homosexual employees are entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid leave as other employees when their partner gives birth or adopt children.
与此同时，奥巴马宣布美国劳工部即将出台一项新政策，允许企业中的同性恋职工在伴侣生孩子或领养孩子时，与其他职工一样享有12周的无薪假期。

            It is reported that the Obama administration has made many achievements to protect the legitimate rights and interests of homosexuality compared with the previous U.S. administrations. However, Obama would not implement major reforms to avoid angering conservatives. Some representatives of homosexual groups were not satisfied with Obama "slow" policy and they criticized that the president only achieved "trivial rights" for them.
            报道认为，与历届美国政府相比，奥巴马政府在保障同性恋合法权益方面已经取得不少成绩。但为避免激怒保守派，奥巴马不会贸然实施重大改革。一些同性恋团体的代表对奥巴马“走得太慢”表示不满，批评总统只为他们争取到一些“微不足道的权利”。

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He emphasized that homosexual couples should enjoy the same rights as heterosexual couples.他强调，同性恋夫妇应该享受与异性夫妇同样的权利。