Arlen Specter & the Homosexual Lobby

Human Events ^ | Thursday, March 04, 2004 | By Joseph A. D'Agostino

[votelife]

Human Events: Arlen Specter & the Homosexaul Lobby

By Joseph A. D'Agostino

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Thursday, By Joseph A. D'Agostino

Perhaps due to a stiff primary challenge from conservative Rep. Pat Toomey (R.-Pa.), Sen. Arlen Specter (R.-Pa.) last week would not rule out voting for the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) forbidding same-sex "marriage"-- nor would he rule it in. President Bush endorsed the amendment February 24.

Despite Specter's current waffling on FMA under election pressure, he has a strongly pro-homosexual record. He is a co-sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) pushed by Sen. Teddy Kennedy (D.-Mass.). ENDA would create (1) special "civil rights" protections on the basis of sexual orientation, forcing people to hire and work with homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered, and (2) the process generating the same sorts of quotas and lawsuits as other "civil rights" laws based on race and sex.

On June 14, 2001, he voted against an amendment by Sen. Jesse Helms (R.-N.C.) that would have withheld federal funds from public schools that prohibit the Boy Scouts from using their facilities--which some governments have done because the Boy Scouts exclude homosexuals from their ranks. On January 31 of this year, Specter went to a fundraiser for Out Front, an activist homosexual rights group that wants same-sex marriage.

As recently as February 25, the day after Bush's endorsement of FMA, Specter was on the host committee for an event on Capitol Hill demonizing those opposed to the homosexual agenda. The event featured a film called Jim in Bold , about a homosexual Pennsylvania teenager who committed suicide despite acceptance from his family. The boy's family members "tell of their undying love and support for Jim and wonder why it was never enough," says a press release from the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the event. "They examine the warning signs in his poems and paintings. Jim in Bold shows that homophobia can kill."

Next year, after the election, Specter is slated to take over the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will consider the FMA and any other such proposals.

[votelife]

if you want to protect marriage, FR should know by now who to vote for, so make sure you VOTE!

[presidio9]

btt

[Guillermo]

But, he has an "R" after his name, and he has the best chance of winning in November!!!

[B Knotts]

What does Scottish Law have to say on the matter?

[TheBigB]

Darn those homosexauls!

[little jeremiah]

Homosexual Agenda Ping Time!

Finally getting to the pings...

Yet another reason - there are so many - not to vote for Arlen Spectre... Kinda ghostlike, isn't he?

Let me know if anyone wants to be added to or subtracted from this busy and vitally important pinglist.

If someone thinks the homosexual rights crowd are not targetting you and yours, you are WRONG, my friend! Wrong!

[votelife]

thanks for pinging this out!

[middie]

Specter has served the party well and is a force in committee. It wouldn't be smart to change for the folks from Nittany Lionsville. The other guy sounds like a kook. But, that is, of course, up to the good people of PA.

[OneTimeLurker]

WE NEED TO GET THAT RINO OUT OF THE SENATE. I read an article earlier today by Sen. Allen saying we should support Specter. They are such wimps.

[AuH2ORepublican]

*PING*

[BibChr]

If he loses to Toomey, could he still run as a Dem?

[Dolphy]

WE NEED TO GET THAT RINO OUT OF THE SENATE. I read an article earlier today by Sen. Allen saying we should support Specter. They are such wimps.

Living in Michigan I would be delighted to have a RINO Senator instead of Levin and Stabenow. So when I read Specter would give Bush the best chance in November, it's hard to hope for his defeat on any grounds.

[isthisnickcool]

Scottish fudgecicle bump...

[votelife]

if he could, he might win...but the Dem nomination is probably the same day...

[votelife]

my main issue is the courts. Specter is a force in the judiciary committee, a liberal force, and I will be happy to see him defeated.

[votelife]

I don't see how opposing gay marriage is declaring "war" on gays, but if that's how you feel, not much I can do to change your mind.

[OneTimeLurker]

What have you read saying Specter will give Bush the best chance? If it comes from Sen. Allen or another establishment Republican, it's not worth much.

[votelife]

well, then I'm in the same boat as you. I am no better than gays and I think it's terrible to bash gays.