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Obama, Hillary Clinton Speak Out Against Anti-Gay Bullying 奥巴马、克林顿发声支持同性恋者 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道节目。 President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton each released video messages this week on the problem of bullying. Both messages centered on abusive behavior toward homosexuals.本周，奥巴马总统和国务卿克林顿就欺凌问题发布视频。这2个视频都围绕对同性恋者的辱骂行为。 BARACK OBAMA: Like all of you, I was shocked and saddened by the deaths of several young people who were bullied and taunted for being gay, and who ultimately took their own lives. As a parent of two daughters, it breaks my heart. Its something that just shouldnt happen in this country. Weve got to dispel the myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage -- that its some inevitable part of growing up. Its not.奥巴马：“和各位一样，对于几名因是同性恋者而遭受欺凌和嘲笑，并最后结束自己生命的年轻人的死去，我感到震惊和悲伤。作为两个女儿的父亲，这让我心碎。这是在我们国家里不应该发生的事。我们必须消除认为欺凌是一种正常的成人仪式，是成长过程中不可避免的一部分这种荒谬观点。它并非如此！” One recent victim was an eighteen-year old student at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Tyler Clementi was a first-year student and a promising musician. In late September he jumped to his death from a bridge over the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York. Three days earlier, his roommate had secretly used a webcam to broadcast live images of him in a sexual encounter with another man.最近的受害者之一是新泽西州罗格斯大学一名18岁的学生。泰勒·金文泰（Tyler Clementi）是一名大一学生，也是一位很有前途的音乐家。九月下旬，他在横跨新泽西和纽约的哈德逊河的一座桥上跳下结束了自己的生命。3天前，他的室友使用一个隐蔽摄像头，散布他和另一位男子性接触时的视频。 Law enforcement officials have charged the roommate and another student with invasion of privacy.执法人员指控该室友和另一名学生侵犯隐私。 Last month, writer Dan Savage started the It Gets Better Project. The purpose is to help LGBT -- lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender -- young people. President Obama recorded his message to show support for that project.上月，作家作家丹萨·维奇（Dan Savage）启动了明天会更好（It Gets Better）项目。其目的是帮助年轻人中的同性恋、双性恋和变性群体。奥巴马录制了这个视频来表示对该项目的支持。 BARACK OBAMA: I dont know what its like to be picked on for being gay. But I do know what its li