Those words could have come from that diverse and brave group who made their stand at the Stonewall Inn that Friday night in June 1969, a stand for dignity and equality.

But they didn't.

Or these words: We must "build an America that lives up to its founding promise."

Again, words not from that night 40 years ago that gave rise to the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement, but rather words from...