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unusualmusic_lj_archiveThe Republic of T brings a kickass essay addressing the 3 or 4 big cases of discrimination against gays that have been highlighted over the past couple of weeks:
[Example Number One:]The Pentagon at first blocked Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s domestic partner from traveling on a military plane with a congressional delegation on a trip to Europe but gave in after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi intervened.
The Pentagon said it was merely following House rules, which do not define domestic partners as spouses. Pelosi’s office countered that the Pentagon has its own rules about who can go on its planes.
Both sides agree that Defense Secretary Robert Gates reversed the decision to keep Azar off the plane after getting contacted by Pelosi, D-Calif.
…Morrell said that Pelosi asked Gates to honor her decision to waive House rules to allow Azar to travel and that Gates asked her to put that request in writing.
“She did so, and he — in this one case only — agreed to it,” Morrell said. “This is not a precedent by any means. This does not open the doors for life partners to travel on congressional delegations.” But Gates has agreed to review future requests, Morrell said.
Dear Presidential candidates,
Civil Unions are NOT ENOUGH. When the SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE has to intervene on behalf of a member of Congress, civil unions are a fucking insult. Clinton, states have more often than not REFUSED to progressive on any issue that I can think of right now, and you know that. Obama, whatever your religious objection, the bottomline is this...ALL AMERICANS ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS. Regardless of what your God has to say about it. Otherwise, what you are saying is that all Americans are NOT EQUAL. That gay people are second class citizens. And that is a VERY ironic message in light of the fact that both of you represent constituencies who know what's its like to be second-class citizens and have been fighting that BS for years. Is this what feminism and the entire history of Af-Americans in the US has led us to? Do you realize that you are harming a subset of your own people by kowtowing to bigotry? Do you realize that you are betraying the progressive cause, that you are ignoring the Human Rights Charter of the UN, and that you are making a mockery of the US' claims of being a progressive civilized country? Oh hell, do you realize that what you are doing is fucking WRONG?
Sick and tired of the BS
A disgusted voter
[Example Number One:]The Pentagon at first blocked Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s domestic partner from traveling on a military plane with a congressional delegation on a trip to Europe but gave in after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi intervened.
The Pentagon said it was merely following House rules, which do not define domestic partners as spouses. Pelosi’s office countered that the Pentagon has its own rules about who can go on its planes.
Both sides agree that Defense Secretary Robert Gates reversed the decision to keep Azar off the plane after getting contacted by Pelosi, D-Calif.
…Morrell said that Pelosi asked Gates to honor her decision to waive House rules to allow Azar to travel and that Gates asked her to put that request in writing.
“She did so, and he — in this one case only — agreed to it,” Morrell said. “This is not a precedent by any means. This does not open the doors for life partners to travel on congressional delegations.” But Gates has agreed to review future requests, Morrell said.
Dear Presidential candidates,
Civil Unions are NOT ENOUGH. When the SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE has to intervene on behalf of a member of Congress, civil unions are a fucking insult. Clinton, states have more often than not REFUSED to progressive on any issue that I can think of right now, and you know that. Obama, whatever your religious objection, the bottomline is this...ALL AMERICANS ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS. Regardless of what your God has to say about it. Otherwise, what you are saying is that all Americans are NOT EQUAL. That gay people are second class citizens. And that is a VERY ironic message in light of the fact that both of you represent constituencies who know what's its like to be second-class citizens and have been fighting that BS for years. Is this what feminism and the entire history of Af-Americans in the US has led us to? Do you realize that you are harming a subset of your own people by kowtowing to bigotry? Do you realize that you are betraying the progressive cause, that you are ignoring the Human Rights Charter of the UN, and that you are making a mockery of the US' claims of being a progressive civilized country? Oh hell, do you realize that what you are doing is fucking WRONG?
Sick and tired of the BS
A disgusted voter
