A non-governmental organization LGBT Forum Progress was visited by Luke Clippinger, a state prosecutor’s assistant and a member of the House of Delegates of the American state of Maryland.
Nevladinu organizaciju LGBT Forum Progres posjetio je Luk Klipinger (Luke Clippinger), pomoćnik državnog tužioca i član Doma delegata američke države Merilend.
As an assistant of the State Prosecutor he is in charge of domestic violence, and as a member of the House of Delegates of the Parliament of Maryland and its Judiciary Committee he has been recognized by numerous legislative initiatives. This year he led a successful initiative to adopt a law on marriage equality in Maryland. He is also a respected member of the Democratic Party.
Distinguished guest has shown the interest in the respecting of human rights of LGBT people, homophobia and violence in society and in particular the relationship between the government and judiciary system towards the LGBT community. Assistant of the State prosecutor visited the LGBT shelter and spoke briefly with two other residents.
Mr. Clippinger handed a written message from the Executive Director of the „Equality Maryland,“ which supported the efforts and activities for LGBT Forum Progress for equal acceptance of LGBT people in Montenegro as well as their donation of the expert and activist literature for internal library
Klipinger was part of the delegation of the Marshall Memorial program which also had a meeting with the Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic. The delegation traditionally resides in Montenegro within the organization of the Center for Civic Education.
Montenegro has a successful cooperation with the U.S. State of Maryland in many fields, especially in the military and the security field and the intensification of the cooperation is expected in the areas of Human Rights and in the improving of the status of the equality of the LGBT community.
Kao pomoćnik državnog tužioca zadužen je za nasilje u porodici a kao član Doma delegata (House of delegates) Skupštine države Merilend i njenog Komiteta za pravosudje prepoznat je po brojnim zakonodavnim inicijativama. Ove godine on je predvodio uspješnu inicijativu za usvajanje zakona o bračnoj jednakosti u Merilendu. Ugledan je član Demokratske stranke.
Ugledni gost interesovao se za poštovanje ljudskih prava LGBT osoba, nasilje i homofobiju u društvu i posebno za odnos vlasti i pravosudja prema LGBT zajednici. Pomoćnik državnog tužioca posjetio je i LGBT sklonište i kratko razgovarao sa dvojicom štićenika.
Gospodin Klipinger uručio je pisanu poruku izvršnog direktora organizacije „Equality Maryland“ koja je podržala napore i aktivnosti LGBT Foruma Progres za ravnopravno prihvatanje LGBT osoba u Crnoj Gori kao i njihovu donaciju stučne i aktivističke literature za internu biblioteku.
Klipinger je bio dio delegacije Maršal Memorijal programa koju je primio i crnogorski predsjednik Filip Vujanović a koja u Crnoj Gori tradicionalno boravi u organizaciji Centra za građansko obrazovanje.
Crna Gora sa američkom državom Merilend ima uspješnu saradnju na brojnim poljima, posebno na vojnom i bezbjednosnom planu, a očekuje se i intenziviranje saradnje u oblasti ljudskih prava i poboljšanja statusa i ravnopravnosti LGBT zajednice.
