# Obama proclaims June to be Pride Month

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-proclaims-june-to-be-pride-month/624494>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 8, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-proclaims-june-to-be-pride-month/624494 "2012-06-08T12:56:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-proclaims-june-to-be-pride-month/624494/21 "2012-06-09T21:35:12Z")

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> [@MsWhatsit](#):
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> Speak for yourself. I am ALL ABOUT the Soul Food Parade.

Okay, the Soul Food float was great. And the turkeys and zoo animals were cute. And, of course, everyone loved the Dancing Papayas.

But Napier already mentioned the problems with the Potty Training Awareness float. And it was creepy the way those International Men kept hitting on the women in the crowd. And while they did a decent job marching, the contingents from the Celibacy Awareness, War on Alcoholism, and Cancer from the Sun groups really killed the buzz at the party afterwards.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-proclaims-june-to-be-pride-month/624494/22 "2012-06-09T21:46:51Z")

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Is it normal to officially declare a Month a week into it? I would have thought that’d be the sort of thing you’d do some time in advance.

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**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-proclaims-june-to-be-pride-month/624494/23 "2012-06-09T22:13:09Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Is it normal to officially declare a Month a week into it? I would have thought that’d be the sort of thing you’d do some time in advance.

[The proclimation](http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/01/presidential-proclamation-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-pride-mon) was released by the WH on June 1st.

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-proclaims-june-to-be-pride-month/624494/24 "2012-06-09T22:35:27Z")

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> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#):
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> ```
> Audiobook Month
> Celibacy Awareness Month
> Dairy Alternative Month and oddly, also Dairy Month
> Cancer From The Sun Month
> Effective Communications Month
> Entrepreneurs Do It Yourself Marketing Month
> International Men's Month
> Lane Courtesy Month
> National Accordion Awareness Month
> National Bathroom Reading Month
> National Candy Month
> National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
> National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month
> National Iced Tea Month
> National Papaya Month
> National Rivers Month
> National Seafood Month
> National Soul Food Month
> National Steakhouse Month
> National Tennis Month
> Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month
> Potty Training Awareness Month
> Professional Wellness Month
> Rebuild Your Life Month
> Turkey Lovers Month
> Zoo and Aquarium Month
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> ```

I fully support seven of those things and _actively oppose_ three of them. I’ll let you all decide which ones are which (or which ones are funnier).

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-proclaims-june-to-be-pride-month/624494/25 "2012-06-11T01:38:13Z")

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Iced Tea Month? Hope they rent a lotta port-a-johns.

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