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Cut This!

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:51:45 +0000

With all the squawking from the chickin’ shyt Repubs about cutting spending in D.C. (even though no one questioned Bush), it’s good to know some Dems are weighing in.

Looks like Barney Frank, the openly gay congressman from Massachusetts has a GREAT proposal to help cut government spending.

According to a post on TPM:

Amid all the talk about spending cuts for unemployment benefits, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) has a counter proposal: cut NATO spending. The congressman told The Huffington Post that defense spending needs to be included in the discussion about spending cuts, and argued that the liberal community should focus specifically on NATO spending as an issue. The Democrat went so far as to question NATO’s value.

More here!

RHA (Radical Homo Agenda)

admin — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:09:37 +0000

We’ve all heard it from those who don’t feel good enough about themselves they have to worry about what other people are doing in their bedrooms.

But when it comes down to addressing those who fight against equality for LGBT tax-paying American citizens and the R.H.A., Barney Frank sums it up nicely.

According to a post on Metro Weekly:

”For those who are worried about the ‘radical homosexual agenda,’ let me put them on notice: Two down, two to go.”

”It’s to be protected against violent crimes driven by bigotry. It’s to be able to get married. It’s to be able to get a job. And it’s to be able to fight for our country.”

Read more here!

Homophobic Psycho Talk

admin — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:53:51 +0000

Oh those religious right f*cktards! They never cease to amaze me with their baseless, homophobic rhetoric that they just love to spew, and you’d better bet they’ve been projectile vomiting it since the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”.

But here, superman Barney Frank puts a little twit from CNS (they call themselves news) in his place!

BRAVO!!!

Speaking Frank

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:27:49 +0000

One thing you have to say, whether you like him or not, whether you agree with him or not, and even if you think he’s not the greatest LGBT advocate, Barney Frank tells it like it is and he’s not too worried about hurting people’s feelings.

Perhaps that’s why some LGBT community members are pissed off that Frank recently spoke out to The Washington Blade about what we can expect from the U.S. Congress when it comes to advancing gay rights over the next two years…absolutely nothing!

According to the interview:

“Next year there’s no chance of anything happening,” he said of pro-LGBT legislation. “There’s zero chance.”

He added, “It will be a status quo. They don’t have the votes to hurt us but we don’t have the votes to advance anything in the cause.”

Read more here!

Looks like the forecast is pretty bleak for the next couple years!

DOMA DOA in 2010?

James — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:00:02 +0000

Obama is not alone; openly gay Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank has come out as not in support of another bill in Congress called The Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal DOMA and protect marriage. All marriages, that is–by granting federal-level recognition to families, gay or straight, who had been married in any jurisdiction. “It’s not anything that’s achievable in the near term,” Frank told the media, saying that a host of other, more easily achievable objectives ought to take precedence.

More at: Edge Boston!

Frank Introduces Discrimination Bill

James — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:05:34 +0000

U.S. Representative Barney Frank has introduced legislation that would prohibit employers from discriminating against employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009 (H.R.2981) would also prohibit employers from retaliating against an individual for opposing unlawful discrimination.

The bill includes an exemption for religious institutions and the armed forces.

The legislation has been introduced several times before. In 2007, when Democrats held control of both chambers of Congress but not the White House, the legislation never made it before the full House for a vote.

Democrats now have a stronger majority in both chambers, but it’s unclear whether they have enough support to survive a filibuster in the Senate. President Obama has been a supporter of the legislation.

More than a dozen states protect employees from discirmination based on sexual orientation. More than 100 cities and 20 counties do as well.

U.S. Military Needs a Radical Homosexual

James — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:00:19 +0000

Is he the U.S. military’s worst nightmare? Imagine, a radical homosexual with his hands on the military’s purse strings. It’s hard to believe that after 15 years of repressive, misguided military policy (“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”)which stigmatized and prevented gay men and lesbians from serving honestly and openly in our country’s Armed Forces, the military’s budget is currently being presided over by an openly gay man – chairman of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusett’s 4th Congressional District.

Read the rest of this post by Carl Matthes at LA Progressive!

Bless You Barney Frank

James — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:38:40 +0000

I love Barney Frank. As chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, this past week he’s been all over the news channels discussing the 700 billion dollar Wall Street bailout. Regardless of what you think about the proposed bailout plan (and feel free to share in the comments section) there is something quite reassuring for the GLBT community in having him be so visible of late.

The man is enormously popular with his constituents. First elected in 1980, he’s been re-elected 12 times. (Republicans haven’t even bothered to field an opponent for his house seat since 2002).

Frank is also one of only two openly gay members of the U.S. House of Representatives (the other being Tammy Baldwin). He came out publicly in 1987.

1990 was probably a low point in Frank’s political career. His former housemate Steve Gobie went public with claims that he had been operating a male escort service out of Frank’s apartment. Ironically, Republican Larry Craig led the charge to have Frank expelled or censured over this scandal. Ultimately, the House voted only to reprimand him. Even with that incident hanging over him, Barney Frank won his 1990 re-election bid with 66% of the vote.

Throughout his political career Frank has been a staunch advocate for GLBT causes. He has also publicly threatened to out closeted politicians who use their seat of power to advocate anti-gay positions.

As Frank explained what has come to be called “The Frank Rule:” “I think there’s a right to privacy. But that right to privacy should not be a right to hypocrisy. And people who want to demonize other people shouldn’t then be able to go home and close the door and do it themselves.”

Read more about Barney Frank at GayAgena.com or the rest of this article at afterelton.com.