Posted on 06/22/2017 4:31:14 PM PDT by RC one
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – By legalizing same-sex “marriage” nationwide, the U.S. judiciary gave Democrats something they could not achieve legislatively, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told a press conference Thursday.
Pelosi at the same time also disclosed the party’s four-part agenda to promote acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle across the nation.
“Legislatively, we couldn’t really succeed, but from the courts and the rest, and public opinion, of course, in the actual courts and in the court of public opinion, that victory has been won,” Pelosi said, referencing last June’s Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision mandating legal recognition of homosexual “marriage” in all 50 states.
Speaking at press conference for The Equality Act (HR 3185), the Democrat House Minority Leader said securing homosexual “marriage” as the law of the land was just part of Democrats’ overall four-point plan to advance special rights for individuals identifying as LGBT.
The Equality Act amends the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected classes under the law, adding them to the present ban on discrimination for race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Democrats are pushing for movement on the measure in response to recent laws passed in states such as North Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee, protecting privacy in restroom facilities, legislation they consider discriminatory.
Pelosi identified the first of four segments of the Democrat plan as “hate crimes” legislation.
“Just to place where we are in context from the standpoint of Congress, when we came into the majority we had four points,” she said, “it was a four-legged stool of what we wanted to accomplish – to pass a fully inclusive hate crimes legislation.”
This was was achieved through the 2009 "Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act," expanding existing law to include criminalization of acts of violence motivated by “actual or perceived gender, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity of any person.”
The California congresswoman further listed the Democrat strategies of encroaching on administration of the U.S. military through repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” and stifling religious liberty in employment law with ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Pelosi’s second leg, repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and compelling protection of open homosexuality in the military, “would not have happened without the president’s leadership and courage,” she stated.
Number three was establishment of homosexual “marriage.”
The fourth leg of the stool is passage of ENDA, which creates new protected classes, threatens employers’ religious liberty and livelihoods, and has been criticized by the US Bishops for its potential to punish those holding traditional views on sexuality and biology. The Act has not been passed.
“There’s one other piece, which is ENDA, ending discrimination in the workplace, which is really a very important piece of the agenda,” Pelosi said, according to World Net Daily. “But as we were seeing the successes and the momentum, especially of the marriage equality, we saw the opportunity to do something bigger” (with The Equality Act).
Pelosi added in her remarks on the latest Democrat-proposed legislation yesterday that some had opposed the inclusion of “transgender” in the measure, but this opposition was rejected and the move to keep “transgender” as a class in the Act succeeded.
The Equality Act as “so about American values,” Pelosi said.
The former House Speaker and her colleagues at the press conference announced they have written Representative Robert Goodlatte (R-Va.), head of the House Judiciary Committee, urging him to schedule a hearing for The Equality Act.
I’d support legislation rolling homosexuals back into the closet!
Point 1: Import more Muslims.
Butt lube dispensers in all public restrooms.
It’s a GREAT PLAN!!!
I wholeheartedly endorse it!!!
But no clue on anything else, healthcare, immigration, taxes LOL, etc.
And item number 1, at the top of the list, is to let the sodomites have access to same sex kids for adoption leading to a lifetime of abuse for the child.
We need to end all protected classes period. No one deserves special privileges under the law more than anyone else.
Enough of this “some animals are more equal than others” bs for purely political pc socialist reasons.
If I could fly over D.C. I would choose to become a Bald Eagle. Disguised as a Nation symbol, I would be free to use my PowerTurds in constant patrols, strafing runs, even bombings, when necessary (if they dare to assemble.)
GMTA I whole heartily agree!
No more African Americans, Cuban Americans, gay Americans, etc
We are all Americans. We should all be treated the same, no exceptions!
#11
We need to end all protected classes period. No one deserves special privileges under the law more than anyone else.
Exactly, we MUST be ‘equal under the law’ as the founders intended. Americans all realize by now that Government mandated affirmative action policies, etc. have not benefited ‘protected classes’ and especially not benefited the true working, American voter.
I would vote for that
I love my gay friends and relatives because they ARE NOT MILITANT in their lifestyles. They simply want to be left alone and extend others the same courtesy.
I will continue to pray for them and love them despite our differences.
When Sodom got fireballed only the swine died. The demons in possession of the swine just moved on.
I suspect there are many more Real Americans who feel that way, also!
What is with the Democrats ardent infatuation with fags
Nancy Pelosi represents the largest LGBT community in the country, if not the world. Given her influence within the Democrat party and her duty to serve her constituents, it isn’t surprising that LGBT issues have become a high legislative priority within the democrat party.
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