The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has "reaffirmed" its partisan decision to oppose the re-election of pro-gay Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) who, in the words of the Washington Blade, "is a co-sponsor of federal hate crimes legislation; he opposes the Federal Marriage Amendment, backs the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and has been a strong supporter of increasing HIV/AIDS funding."
One reason HRC gives for fighting Specter's re-election (and thus alienating themselves from the incoming chair of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee): although his office bars discrimination against gays, he failed to adopt "a voluntary, written policy adding gender identity to sexual orientation as a non-factor in employment decisions in his Senate office."
And how many millions of dollars did gay donors unload on Cheryl
Jacques this year, so she could drive around in one of her "George
Bush, You're Fired" trucks and pretend she wasn't completely
without a clue?
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