Irish PM Leo Varadkar Praises America on St. Patrick's Day as Leader in 'LGBT Equality'

Varadkar stated: As doctors and as proud members of the LGBT community, allow us to say how inspired we’ve been by your personal advocacy for marriage equality — particularly in relation to Proposition 8 — and also your defense of the Affordable Care Act, from Stonewall to Sacramento to San Francisco.” Along with applauding Harris’s support for the Affordable Care Act, he commended the Biden administration’s approach towards the Russia-Ukraine war.Patrick’s Day as Leader in ‘LGBT Equality’ Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar praised America as a leader of “LGBT equality” and “marriage equality” while delivering brief remarks on Friday, St.Patrick’s Day, at the vice presidential residence in Washington, DC.

The Irish prime minister concluded, “Russia’s war is a threat to the international order on which we all rely.” He celebrated Vice President Kamala Harris’s opposition to Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot proposition in California seeking to amend the state’s constitution to legally define marriage as a union between a man and woman.