Gay Rights in congress?
Janert Kuypers, reporter and commentator
Although the now slightly Democrat-led Congress had difficulties in gett a resolution passed about stopping military expansion in Irag, people are wondering if this new Congress legislatively help may help gay rights. According to an AP aricle read in the Naples Daily News (02/25/07), this Congress may be the first to pass major federal gay rights bills.
People on both sides of the political fence believe at least two bills will pass: one if a hate-crime bill that would incorporate an anti-gay bias in hate crimes, and the other that would outlaw workplace discrimination (because of sexual orientation).
Though these two bills may stand a good chance of passing, people feel that there is still to much opposition to removing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” military policies that still otherwise ban gay and lesbians from any branch of the militaty.
If any of these are passed, they would then move to the White House for approval, and if they do pass, I look forward to seeing what President Bush will do when these bills come to his office.
