Democrats, LGBT Groups Look To McCain On Defense Bill

The Washington Post ^ | 06/13/2016 | Karoun Demirjian

[Cyberman]

The Republican senator who once campaigned against gays serving openly in the military is now the civil rights community's greatest bulwark against undoing LGBT protections in this year’s defense policy bill.

Democrats and LGBT rights advocates will be keeping a close eye on Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) during upcoming negotiations on the defense measure. House and Senate leaders could clash over language concerning whether religious organizations with federal contracts should be exempt from nondiscrimination orders covering gender identity and sexual orientation.

The shooting incident Sunday that killed 50 people in a popular Orlando gay bar and dance club will only increase the attention on how Congress deals with LGBT issues and could have a big impact on defense bill negotiations,...

[Cyberman]

McCain gets his name in the papers again, which seems to be his goal in life.

[2banana]

Can someone beat McCaine in the primary please...

[Dosomi]

Always a RINO.

[Vaquero]

Doesn’t he have a beer distributorship to run. Retire you old jerk.

[Awgie]

Get Homo politics out of the military/national security. The latter should always TRUMP the former.

[SunkenCiv]

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[amnestynone]

He has to go! If it means a Democrat wins so be it. Same with Ryan.