Not Music Related, But Too Important to Ignore

D. Phillips · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:02 pm Not Music Related, But Too Important to Ignore

BUSH ALLOWS GAYS TO BE FIRED FOR BEING GAY

Despite President Bush's pledge that homosexuals "ought to have the same
rights" (1) as all other people, his Administration this week ruled that
homosexuals can now be fired from the federal workforce because of their
sexual orientation.

According to the Federal Times, the president's appointee at the Office of
Special Counsel ruled that federal employees will now "have no recourse if
they are fired or demoted simply for being gay." (2) While the Bush
Administration says it is legally prohibited from firing a person for their
conduct, they have the legal right to fire or demote someone based on their
sexual orientation. To carry out the directive, the White House has begun
removing information from government websites about sexual orientation
discrimination in the workplace. (3)

Not only does the new directive contradict the president's own promise to
treat homosexuals as equals under the law, but it also contradicts what the
Administration told Congress. As noted in a bipartisan letter from four
Senators to the Administration, "During the confirmation process [of the
president's appointee], you assured us that you were committed to protecting
federal employees against unlawful discrimination related to their sexual
orientation." (4)

Sources:
1. Debates, 10/11/2000.
2. "OSC to study whether bias law covers gays", Federal Times, 03/15/2004, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1212404&l=23802.
3. "Gay Rights Information Taken Off Site", Washington Post, 02/18/2004, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1212404&l=23803.
4. "Special Counsel Under Scrutiny", Washington Post, 02/23/2004, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1212404&l=23804.

The lies continue...

Jake · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:11 pm

Meanwhile, the White House is removing all gay rights information from government websites.

Via MFA.

jaimoe0 · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:16 pm

How any gay person could support the Republican party is beyond me. If you hold conservative political views and you're gay, consider voting libertarian. At least they don't hate you because you're gay.

D. Phillips · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:17 pm

The Log Cabin Republicans have actually withdrawn their support for Bush.

Uniter my ass!

johnhl · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:23 pm

Damn this is scary! How could anyone--straight or gay--vote for a guy who pulls this.

cabrock · Guest

he will send us to the moon again, but raise taxes while running a deficit created by his and dick nixon/chaney's oil war. got my vote

DJMurphy · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:25 am

dieblucasdie · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:40 am

Yeah, there's that whole "could've stopped 9/11" thing that's coming out now too...

I have no problem with intelligent conservatism. The problem with Bush is that he has no grasp of policy details, one way or another. He's all about the big gesture.

Gay marriage got you down? Amend the Constitution!!

You say the government needs to invest in science more? Let's freakin' go to Mars!!

Lost your job? Giant tax cuts will fix that!!

You say Al-Queda is planning an attack in New York? Forget tracking down the terrorists already on US soil, we need a plan to invade Iraq!!

steve-o · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:00 am

I think it's funny because what you have here is Bush clamoring for what little fringe of right-wing support he still has. The thing is, he's alienated the people who are conservatives as far as economics (Lou Dobbs is now slamming his economic policies on a daily basis) because he's raised federal spending and caused a huge deficit, while the anti-big government Republicans are seeing he's definitely not one of them, and I've even seen Fox News pundits getting a little nervous about the Iraq/ War on Terror/ 9/11 Investigation situation. So what does he have left? The ultra-radical moral majority conservatives that's who, and he's just going out of his way to appease them.
So be afraid, be very afraid because its only downhill from here.

thousandfold · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:04 am

Maybe I've just been reading The Handmaid's Tale too often, but this stuff is really starting to scare me.