Hey GOP?
President Obama evolves on the issue of marriage
equality, and then, according to several polls, we see a pro-equality shift
among African-American voters, and voters in general, followed by the NAACP
announcement of its support for same-sex marriage.
What you gonna do, GOP?
The Republican-led House of Representatives has hastily
added a provision to a new defense bill that would ban equal marriage
ceremonies at military chapels.
Oops. Wrong move, GOP, you should' gone to Disneyland.
Generally speaking, the National Defense Authorization
Act--costing some $642 billion this year--is a bipartisan bill that most
lawmakers find difficult to oppose for a lot of reasons, one of which is that
it includes a 1.7% annual pay-raise for troops. But some members of Congress try to tack on non-defense
issues onto a defense bill so their agenda gets passed.
Like adding onto a defense bill the provision that
same-sex marriages cannot be performed on military bases, even the ones that
aren't, legally speaking, marriage. This measure comes in response to the announcement by
Department of Defense--after last year's repeal of DADT--that military
chaplains could conduct weddings for gay couples, though
they were not required to do so. Add to that,
the statement from the Department of Defense that there have been no
same-sex ceremonies in military chapels so far.
But still, the GOP works toward discrimination while the
rest of the world evolves.
via Pink News
Time to saddle up, boys. Obviously the military needs micromanaging and so it is time to step in, ALL the way in - I'm sure they'll find some uniforms that fit you.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, the "party" of "less government" intrusion and greater "freedoms" shows that it's mascot shouldn't be an elephant, but a "hippo"crit.
ReplyDeleteI really like that graphic. If all members of the GOP can do what that elephant is doing, maybe I'll sign up.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I would like to say that The GOP should go right ahead and hang themselves by being out of touch, I have to shut down the part of my brain that is vindictive and hope that they wake up and do the right thing. Republicans are human too (barely) and they deserve leaders that are morally respectable and not hypocritical, as do liberals like me. If you want government to stay out of it's citizen's private lives, that should go for EVERYONE. Sadly, these rules seem to only apply for the rich and their corporations.
ReplyDeleteThe GOP is fighing a losing battle. I think some of them are slowly coming around to realizing this. They're arrogant, selfish and stupid but maybe not that stupid.
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