Posted on 07/13/2013 3:05:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Lawmakers have renewed a bipartisan, bicameral effort to get veterans added to the list of those protected by law against housing or employment discrimination.
Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) introduced a bill last year to end housing discrimination against service members and veterans, but it had no co-sponsors and died in committee. In the House, Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) introduced the Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2011, drawing progressive co-sponsors but not making it out of committee.
This time, the effort is focused squarely on vets and is coordinated between the upper and lower chambers as well as veterans organizations.
In the Senate, Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced the Veterans and Service Members Employment Rights and Housing Act of 2013, which would allow veterans who feel they’ve been discriminated against because of their military service the right to appeal their grievances to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It would amend the Fair Housing Act, which currently aims to protect people discriminated against “because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin” to add ‘‘or because the person is a member of the uniformed services.”
“Shamefully, veterans who served our country return from deployment and too often struggle to find a job or a place to call home,” Blumenthal said. “By making military service a protected status, this bill will ensure that those who sacrificed to keep us safe are not discriminated against when they return home.”
In the House, Reps. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced a companion bill, the Servicemember and Veterans Employment Rights and Housing Act, with a Republican co-sponsor: Jim Renacci of Ohio.
“Our service members have fought hard to protect the freedoms we are so blessed to enjoy in America, often risking their lives......
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meanwhile no Christians wanted
A bill that says a veterans pays no income tax and their vote counts 10x everyone else’s would be a good bill.
Most veterans, at least up til now, have been Christians.
>>Lawmakers have renewed a bipartisan, bicameral effort to get veterans added to the list of those protected by law against housing or employment discrimination.<<
Which will result in no one employing or renting to veterans b/c it will be impossible to get rid of them.
That continues to the case to this day with the ADA. When that passed we were “backchannel” told that we were NOT to hire disabled folk since it is much more difficult for them to sue before a “legal relationship” is established.
Law of unintended consequences.
I’m a veteran and have a 20% permanent disability. I object to _any_ protected classes. I’d be embarrassed to think I’d need this and would be embarrassed for any other veteran wanting it.
I say we switch healthcare programs! give our elcted misfit cretan senators and their families the veterans healthcare package and give the senater healthcare gold package to the vets.
Veterans don’t need to be put in a “protected-class”. They just have to be appreciated and thanked by their fellow citizens. They should also be appropriately honored and taken care of should they die or become disabled while serving our country.
There should be no such thing as a protected class for anyone.
we need no more protected classes...
I think this is rather a bill to protect very secular veterans who never, ever question ANY order.
This is a bill designed to protect the protectors of the Ruling Class, and maybe not the country.
Therefore it’s a bill to protect the Ruling Class —don’t underestimate just HOW political these people are.
we are there.....the cops, the IRS, the FEMA people, the TSA agents, the FBI and CIA...and the military is right there with them..
..has anyone noticed how the top generals and admirals have all marched lockstep with the administration....
its very frightening...
we are on our own.....
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