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>> fantastic. jim obergefell, thank you so much and thank you for your courage. >> absolutely. thanks, fredricka. and thank you, everyone, for being with us for this cnn special "pride & progress." i'm fredricka whit field. have a great rest of the evening. happy pride, and a great week. ♪
Out of their own neighborhoods. neighborhoods they created. >> the importance of it happening in new york, what's the message you hope the rest of the world gets from this? i've seen very colorful folks today certainly but there is a message that shouldn't be lost in this celebration. what do you believe the message should know? >> the message of stonewall. we hear you out there in other places. we hear you in the middle east where they are beheading people. we hear you in istanbul where they won't let you have pride. we hear you in russia where they arrest you. we hear you. what we say to you...
I just had to be here for this. and it just shows that, you know, the powers that be, can be negative, they can be forceful in their demeanor, but you cannot stop love. and that's what i'm getting out of today, and that's also hopefully what i'm putting into it. >> that new york parade well under way right now on fifth avenue. officials estimating some 4 million people taking part in the festivities. and as we mark pride month, let's take a look at the evolution of pride and the white house. bill clinton was the first president to officially recognize june as pride month in 1999. another procl...