Following Monday's landmark Supreme
Court decision affirming LGBT rights, former President Barack Obama
tweeted “Happy Pride Month.”
Monday's 6-3 decision protects LGBT
workers from discrimination under existing federal civil rights law.
(Related: Supreme
Court: Federal law protects LGBT workers from discrimination.)
To celebrate the Supreme Court's June
2015 finding that gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right
to marry, the White House was bathed in rainbow colors. Obama used
this image in his tweet.
“Today reminds us that progress might
be slow,” Obama wrote. “It might take decades. But no matter what
things might look like today, it's always possible. Happy Pride
month, everybody.”
President Donald Trump said that “we
will live with their decision,” when asked about the high court's
ruling.
(Related: Trump
says he will accept “powerful” Supreme Court ruling on LGBT
rights.)