DADT and DOMA owned by dems. Good try.
Well, not really On Jan 6, 9:56 am, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > We must protest loudly! > > House of Representatives Now Has Majority With Anti Gay Views > > This New Year brings new challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual and > transgender people, but also new opportunities. Last year's elections > that resulted in the loss of the US House of Representatives to an > anti- equality leadership, along with more anti-lgbt senators, will > certainly impede - but not entirely stop - pro-lgbt federal > legislative efforts. looking at the states however, there are clear > opportunities for advancing an equality agenda, including in the area > of relationship recognition for same-sex couples. of course, anti-lgbt > forces will to try to turn back the clock at every opportunity, and > fair-minded americans will continue to be vigilant to preserve > pro-equality laws across the country. > > CONGRESS > > As the new Congress is sworn in this week, there is no denying that > pro-LGBT numbers have shrunk on Capitol Hill. A Human Rights Campaign > analysis shows a pick-up of 53 House seats to anti-LGBT lawmakers as > well as a 5 seat addition in the Senate. Not only do those opposing > basic equality hold positions of power as House leaders and committee > chairmen, their ranks have swollen to 225 - a solid majority of the > chamber. This presents not just a roadblock to progress but also the > threat of legislation that could be damaging to the community. > > When anti-equality forces controlled Congress for a decade > (1994-2005), they stymied any progress on LGBT issues, instead making > attacks on our community part of their governing agenda. Among these > were: attempting twice to amend the U.S. Constitution to deny marriage > equality to same-sex couples nationwide; trying to strip federal > courts of the authority to hear marriage equality cases; blocking DC's > local efforts to provide domestic partnership benefits to its > employees; cutting funding for HIV prevention, research and treatment > despite a growing epidemic, while pouring federal dollars into > disproven abstinence-only programs that exclude or even denigrate LGBT > youth; and standing in the way of openly-LGBT appointees. > > More:http://www.gayapolis.com/news/artdisplay.php?artid=6140 > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
