Stefanie wrote:
Jello wrote:
The gay rights bill is passable. When transgendered rights are included, the bill is not passable. Calling pragmatists bigots is not very nice.
Two options here: Plus Gay Rights, or Plus No Rights.
You prefer to choose Plus No Rights. That doesn't mean anyone who prefers incremental progress is a bigot.
I do understand the practical approach of passing the watered-down bill; I simply disagree with it, and I disagree with the premise that trans inclusion was not an option, as I explained here. The sponsors didn't want to fight for inclusion, because they got what they wanted. Besides, the bill won't become law, anyway. The Senate will probably vote against it, and even if it passed, the President would veto it.
So, while I understand your support for incrementalism, I can't support any attempt to recognize rights for some citizens, but not others. It's not supposed to be that way in this country. Passing a bill like this sends the wrong message.
FYI:
Total House Vote 235-184
Democrats 200-25
Republicans 35-159
This is a country in which open discrimination against gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender people is constant, and one of the parties wins elections campaigning against gay marriage. Getting any kind of bill through is an achievement. The mere fact that there is an open debate about this is huge.
