Regressive GOP Tries to Thwart Gay Rights

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WASHINGTON – On the same day that President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage, the House Armed Services Committee backed measures prohibiting the practice on U.S. military bases.

The panel stepped into the gays in the military issue as it considered a sweeping, $642 billion defense bill for next year that buys new weapons, ships and aircraft, increases military pay by 1.7 percent and sets policies for the Pentagon. The committee worked through the day Wednesday and into the early morning Thursday on the legislation that adds billions of dollars to the president's budget request.

The committee fleshed out a blueprint for next year that calls for a base defense budget of $554 billion, including nuclear weapons spending, plus $88 billion for the war in Afghanistan and counterterrorism efforts. That compares with the administration's proposal of $551 billion, plus $88 billion.

Conservative Republicans still angry with the end to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military pressed two measures."The president has repealed `don't ask, don't tell' and is using the military as props to promote his gay agenda," said Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who is running for Senate.

The committee, on a vote of 37-24, backed an amendment that barred same-sex marriages or "marriage-like" ceremonies on military installations. The panel also endorsed an Akin amendment that said the services should accommodate the rights of conscience of members of the services and chaplains who are morally or religiously opposed to expressions of human sexuality.

Read more: House panel votes to ban same-sex marriages on US military bases | Fox News

obama would never have said a word if joe biden hadn't put his foot in it.


to say he has a gay agenda is dishonest on a number of levels. the only thing on his agenda is reelection, and he'll do whatever it takes to achieve it.

 

[nitroz]

What "rights" do only gays have that are being taken?

Here is a good quote from someone

"A few thoughts on gay marriage.

For thousands of years marriage has been the purview of the church. A rite sanctioned, controlled and, in some cases, arranged by the church. That's all well and good BUT... somewhere along the way of America becoming what it is today, the government started giving cetrian benifits to those that are married.

These benifits include special tax rates, survivor benifits for social security, defacto power of attorney, inheritance rights, as well as specific responsibilities and obligations toward children and debts created as a result of the act of marriage.

This creates a special class of people recognized by the government known as "married".

Now, lets leave sexual orientation completely out of the discussion for a moment. Our constitution, as well as several federal, state and local laws make it clear that if the government offers benifits, rights, and privledges to one class of people, it cannot deny those benifits to any other people based on race, creed, color, age, or SEX.

This means that, by default, gay marriage is already legal in the united states. The government doesn't have the authority to prevent such a union.

The only way the government would be able to stop same sex marriage would be to stop recognizing marriage of any kind. Cancel all the benifits and rights assigned to straight couples, then marriage would revert back to the church and they could decide who deserves to experience such religious rights (rites?).

Until that happens, I don't see any legitimate reason to ban same sex couples from getting married and receiving the same rights and benifits as opposite sex couples.

If you have a legitimate argument against that I would love to listen to it. Otherwise I think it's time to admit that gays getting married was never the problem. The problem is the government usurping religious rites and practices and then being obligated to provide those same benifits to all citizens."

 

[Joshuatree]

Push social engineering strong enough, then all the soldiers will see the gays and the drag queens in the army and they will all think it's the most normal and ordinary thing of the world!

 

[The Rabbi]

Gracious. They're like wasps.

more like mosquitos... buzzing around making lots of noise. occasionally giving someone a nasty case of west nile. the beauty of this is, it doesn't move in the senate. and if it does, the president vetos, they don't have enough to override and he tells them to kiss his butt.

i'm ok with that.

Well, y'all are a bunch of gnats and fire ants!

More like pissants.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Where does it say "equal rights EXCEPT for ___________"?

The right is dead wrong on this.

 

[jillian]

obama would never have said a word if joe biden hadn't put his foot in it.

to say he has a gay agenda is dishonest on a number of levels. the only thing on his agenda is reelection, and he'll do whatever it takes to achieve it.

well, there are a couple of different issues there...

first, if joe hadn't said what he did, no one would have pressured the president to answer the question. given that it was actually a risk in the battleground states, one can reasonably understand why he might not want to go there.

second, everything the president has done while in office has been consistent with extending equal rights to homosexual couples. so he might not have said the words, but he did all the right things. so what's more important -- saying or doing?

third, yes he wants to win.

color me shocked.

but at least his words are consistent with his actions... which is more than i can say for the etch-a-sketch (sorry, couldn't resist).

 

[Uncensored2008]

Romney would make the spouses cut off their hair....or he'd do it forcibly himself.

If your Messiah® is so wonderful, why do you rely on slander and lies?

 

[jillian]

Romney would make the spouses cut off their hair....or he'd do it forcibly himself.

He was only trying to help the young lad with his super nerdy coif!

 

[DiamondDave]

WASHINGTON – On the same day that President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage, the House Armed Services Committee backed measures prohibiting the practice on U.S. military bases.

The panel stepped into the gays in the military issue as it considered a sweeping, $642 billion defense bill for next year that buys new weapons, ships and aircraft, increases military pay by 1.7 percent and sets policies for the Pentagon. The committee worked through the day Wednesday and into the early morning Thursday on the legislation that adds billions of dollars to the president's budget request.

The committee fleshed out a blueprint for next year that calls for a base defense budget of $554 billion, including nuclear weapons spending, plus $88 billion for the war in Afghanistan and counterterrorism efforts. That compares with the administration's proposal of $551 billion, plus $88 billion.

Conservative Republicans still angry with the end to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military pressed two measures."The president has repealed `don't ask, don't tell' and is using the military as props to promote his gay agenda," said Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who is running for Senate.

The committee, on a vote of 37-24, backed an amendment that barred same-sex marriages or "marriage-like" ceremonies on military installations. The panel also endorsed an Akin amendment that said the services should accommodate the rights of conscience of members of the services and chaplains who are morally or religiously opposed to expressions of human sexuality.

Read more: House panel votes to ban same-sex marriages on US military bases | Fox News

Uhhh.. Jill.. there is no 'gay right' just as there is no 'hetero right' or 'steam punk right' or 'hoarder right'

 

[Katzndogz]

Gays have an absolute right to live their lives however they see fit. They just don't have the right to make everyone else accept it.

 

[Sallow]

WASHINGTON – On the same day that President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage, the House Armed Services Committee backed measures prohibiting the practice on U.S. military bases.

The panel stepped into the gays in the military issue as it considered a sweeping, $642 billion defense bill for next year that buys new weapons, ships and aircraft, increases military pay by 1.7 percent and sets policies for the Pentagon. The committee worked through the day Wednesday and into the early morning Thursday on the legislation that adds billions of dollars to the president's budget request.

The committee fleshed out a blueprint for next year that calls for a base defense budget of $554 billion, including nuclear weapons spending, plus $88 billion for the war in Afghanistan and counterterrorism efforts. That compares with the administration's proposal of $551 billion, plus $88 billion.

Conservative Republicans still angry with the end to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military pressed two measures."The president has repealed `don't ask, don't tell' and is using the military as props to promote his gay agenda," said Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who is running for Senate.

The committee, on a vote of 37-24, backed an amendment that barred same-sex marriages or "marriage-like" ceremonies on military installations. The panel also endorsed an Akin amendment that said the services should accommodate the rights of conscience of members of the services and chaplains who are morally or religiously opposed to expressions of human sexuality.

Read more: House panel votes to ban same-sex marriages on US military bases | Fox News

It's "religious" freedom, dontcha know..

Next up..a return to slavery..to promote Religious "freedom".

 

[Sallow]

WASHINGTON – On the same day that President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage, the House Armed Services Committee backed measures prohibiting the practice on U.S. military bases.

The panel stepped into the gays in the military issue as it considered a sweeping, $642 billion defense bill for next year that buys new weapons, ships and aircraft, increases military pay by 1.7 percent and sets policies for the Pentagon. The committee worked through the day Wednesday and into the early morning Thursday on the legislation that adds billions of dollars to the president's budget request.

The committee fleshed out a blueprint for next year that calls for a base defense budget of $554 billion, including nuclear weapons spending, plus $88 billion for the war in Afghanistan and counterterrorism efforts. That compares with the administration's proposal of $551 billion, plus $88 billion.

Conservative Republicans still angry with the end to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military pressed two measures."The president has repealed `don't ask, don't tell' and is using the military as props to promote his gay agenda," said Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who is running for Senate.

The committee, on a vote of 37-24, backed an amendment that barred same-sex marriages or "marriage-like" ceremonies on military installations. The panel also endorsed an Akin amendment that said the services should accommodate the rights of conscience of members of the services and chaplains who are morally or religiously opposed to expressions of human sexuality.

Read more: House panel votes to ban same-sex marriages on US military bases | Fox News

obama would never have said a word if joe biden hadn't put his foot in it.


to say he has a gay agenda is dishonest on a number of levels. the only thing on his agenda is reelection, and he'll do whatever it takes to achieve it.

Well it's not like his administration has been doing anything for gay rights..

Oh wait..

They have been..more then any other President before him..

 

[WillowTree]

WASHINGTON – On the same day that President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage, the House Armed Services Committee backed measures prohibiting the practice on U.S. military bases.

The panel stepped into the gays in the military issue as it considered a sweeping, $642 billion defense bill for next year that buys new weapons, ships and aircraft, increases military pay by 1.7 percent and sets policies for the Pentagon. The committee worked through the day Wednesday and into the early morning Thursday on the legislation that adds billions of dollars to the president's budget request.

The committee fleshed out a blueprint for next year that calls for a base defense budget of $554 billion, including nuclear weapons spending, plus $88 billion for the war in Afghanistan and counterterrorism efforts. That compares with the administration's proposal of $551 billion, plus $88 billion.

Conservative Republicans still angry with the end to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military pressed two measures."The president has repealed `don't ask, don't tell' and is using the military as props to promote his gay agenda," said Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who is running for Senate.

The committee, on a vote of 37-24, backed an amendment that barred same-sex marriages or "marriage-like" ceremonies on military installations. The panel also endorsed an Akin amendment that said the services should accommodate the rights of conscience of members of the services and chaplains who are morally or religiously opposed to expressions of human sexuality.

Read more: House panel votes to ban same-sex marriages on US military bases | Fox News

I already posted this dearie. long time ago.

 

[jillian]

WASHINGTON – On the same day that President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage, the House Armed Services Committee backed measures prohibiting the practice on U.S. military bases.

The panel stepped into the gays in the military issue as it considered a sweeping, $642 billion defense bill for next year that buys new weapons, ships and aircraft, increases military pay by 1.7 percent and sets policies for the Pentagon. The committee worked through the day Wednesday and into the early morning Thursday on the legislation that adds billions of dollars to the president's budget request.

The committee fleshed out a blueprint for next year that calls for a base defense budget of $554 billion, including nuclear weapons spending, plus $88 billion for the war in Afghanistan and counterterrorism efforts. That compares with the administration's proposal of $551 billion, plus $88 billion.

Conservative Republicans still angry with the end to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military pressed two measures."The president has repealed `don't ask, don't tell' and is using the military as props to promote his gay agenda," said Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who is running for Senate.

The committee, on a vote of 37-24, backed an amendment that barred same-sex marriages or "marriage-like" ceremonies on military installations. The panel also endorsed an Akin amendment that said the services should accommodate the rights of conscience of members of the services and chaplains who are morally or religiously opposed to expressions of human sexuality.

Read more: House panel votes to ban same-sex marriages on US military bases | Fox News

I already posted this dearie. long time ago.

that's nice.

i'm sure your perspective on the subject was just like mine, right?

but feel free to bother all the obama deranged loons with their three dozen threads on every subject they like.

 

[whitehall]

Democrats are trying to force marriage to former cell mates down our throats (pardon the pun) despite the will of the people and it's the people both republican and democrat who voted against it.

 

[jillian]

Democrats are trying to force marriage to former cell mates down our throats (pardon the pun) despite the will of the people and it's the people both republican and democrat who voted against it.

poor loony toon.

it must be horrible to be a racist and homophobe...

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

What is the left's fascination with homosexuality, transsexuals, infanticide & rubbers?

What a creepy bunch...

 

[The Rabbi]

Democrats are trying to force marriage to former cell mates down our throats (pardon the pun) despite the will of the people and it's the people both republican and democrat who voted against it.

It isnt just gay marriage.
It is the entire gay agenda to remake society so that homosexuality is as accepted as anything else. Anyone opposing it is deemed "racist", homophobic, bigoted or anything else they can think of.

 

[M14 Shooter]

What "rights" do only gays have that are being taken?

None. The legal institution of marriage is a privilege granted by the laws of the state, not a right.

 

[drsmith1072]

WASHINGTON – On the same day that President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage, the House Armed Services Committee backed measures prohibiting the practice on U.S. military bases.

The panel stepped into the gays in the military issue as it considered a sweeping, $642 billion defense bill for next year that buys new weapons, ships and aircraft, increases military pay by 1.7 percent and sets policies for the Pentagon. The committee worked through the day Wednesday and into the early morning Thursday on the legislation that adds billions of dollars to the president's budget request.

The committee fleshed out a blueprint for next year that calls for a base defense budget of $554 billion, including nuclear weapons spending, plus $88 billion for the war in Afghanistan and counterterrorism efforts. That compares with the administration's proposal of $551 billion, plus $88 billion.

Conservative Republicans still angry with the end to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military pressed two measures."The president has repealed `don't ask, don't tell' and is using the military as props to promote his gay agenda," said Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who is running for Senate.

The committee, on a vote of 37-24, backed an amendment that barred same-sex marriages or "marriage-like" ceremonies on military installations. The panel also endorsed an Akin amendment that said the services should accommodate the rights of conscience of members of the services and chaplains who are morally or religiously opposed to expressions of human sexuality.

Read more: House panel votes to ban same-sex marriages on US military bases | Fox News

But isn't it supposed to be all about the economy and jobs?? So what is with the right and all of these social issues that they are investing so much time on? How do these social issues help the economy or create jobs?