Posted on 12/29/2005 10:43:23 AM PST by churchillbuff
WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders quietly included in a sweeping defense spending bill a paragraph designed to pre-empt state and local anti-discrimination laws - a change that could make it easier for youth groups, notably the Boy Scouts, to bar gays and others from their functions.
The provision says that any state or town government that receives federal housing and community development funds cannot deny the scouts or other youth groups equal access to public meeting places. ...
The entire Connecticut delegation supported the defense measure, and when some members learned Tuesday what they had endorsed, they were not pleased. ...
Rep. Christopher Shays, R-4th District, said the provision should not have been part of the bill. Its inclusion "makes me question the judgment of my [party's] leadership," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at courant.com ...
"and when some members learned Tuesday what they had endorsed, they were not pleased. ..."
Because, apparently BUSH prevented them from actually reading what they were about to endorse!
What a buncha jackasses.
Just wondering, would this also apply to some nazi or other subversive youth group?
Glad to see a pro-family positive social value gorup like the Boy Scouts finally get some equal treatment. Time to fix the situation with Military Recruiters on College Campus'.
As long as no laws are being broken by the request of or attendance at such meetings, why should we be in the business of barring any group access to public places?
Rep. Christopher Shays-----HOMO
He is such a double talking weenie.
I guess it depends on the terms of the bill, but so what? They certainly wouldn't discriminating against Communist or Jihadie groups, the ACLU would sue them if they tried that. The ACLU has also been known to support the Nazi type groups as well.
I guess you're right.
We'll probably politely hold the door open for our own assassins.
Many in elephant suits.
I'll second that and I'll add the word "smarmy" before jackass.
The entire Connecticut delegation supported the defense measure, and when some members learned Tuesday what they had endorsed, they were not pleased. ...
They voted without knowing what was in it, they deserve
what they get.
I honestly think we could pick several hundred people at
random from the phone book and have BETTER representation.
Typical leftist propaganda.
How will this measure make it easier for Boy Scouts to discriminate? They already exclude gays and atheists.
Would be nice to see a story about how young boys are being denied the opportunity to learn about citizenship, appreciate the outdoors by camping on federal land, etc. But the editors don't care about those kinds of issues, they are more concerned about the integrity of the appropriations process. Yeah right.
Ohhhh, those sneaky repub tricksters hid it in a "paragraph"!!!
No wonder it didn't make it into the "Clift's Notes" version
of HR.XXXXX.
That Karl Rove, he's a real crack up. Using that special ink that only shows up after passage of the bill - genius
I don't think any of them actually read the bills that get voted on, do you?
I have a different issue with this... in the olden years, the bills were built into a manuscript primarily via manual labor (my guess, perhaps incorrect.) At one time, they were handwritten, then we started to use typewriters. Since only one person sat at the typewriter, there was a semblance of control in governing what was added.
In this wonderful day and age, we have electronic documents stored on servers; some secured, others are not. How difficult is it for someone in the Congress / staff to get a paragraph, or a page or two copied and pasted into the master document?? What kind of control is exercised over the text of the laws these idiots vote upon??
I have a concern with how easy it might be to get additional words into the text of the bills under consideration.
Before you bar them from equal access to government facilities you need evidence that they are commiting a crime. Otherwise you're making decisions based on rumor.
Otherwise you'll have people arguing that anyone believing in civil rights is subversive to the all powerful government.
OK. Thanks for straightening me out on that one.
I'll wait until AFTER they assassinate me before I slam the door on them!
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