Kind of reminds you of the Civil Rights opponents of the 50′s and 60′s doesn’t it?

According to a post on Blog Critic:

Coming out of his victory in the CPAC straw poll, the first candidate to try to grab that spotlight was Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) who fired the opening salvo of the election with a long and convoluted statement opposing gay marriage and supporting the Defense of Marriage Act, addressed to the people of Iowa.

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According to MoveOn.org, there are ten abhorrent measures the GOP is trying to pass that would take away rights and assistance from women.

One of them is:

Republicans not only want to reduce women’s access to abortion care, they’re actually trying to redefine rape. After a major backlash, they promised to stop. But they haven’t yet. Shocker.

But wait until you read the rest at: MoveOn.org!

But it’s not Black people they’re seeking to oppress (unless you happen to be Black and gay).

According to a post on NECN:

The Republican majority on the House Judiciary Committee backed a plan that bars Missoula and other cities from establishing their own criteria for those protected from discrimination, sending the proposal to the full House floor with a decisive 13-7 vote.

The panel on Monday also voted against a plan backed by Democrats to add protections for “gender identity or expression and sexual orientation” to the statewide anti-discrimination law that forbids discrimination based on race, religion and several other factors.

The message is clear.  If you’re not white and straight, then Montana doesn’t want you!  Isn’t it grand to know that discrimination is still something that can be legislated!

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However, there are some on the other side of the pond who seem to think that maybe members of the GOP aren’t that bad after all.

According to a post on The Queer Sphere:

American politics have taken a strange turn is recent weeks following several high profile Republicans publicly declaring their support for gay marriage. If you don’t follow American politics let me giveyou a highly simplistic introduction to the Republican Party.

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According to TPM, our ‘creep of the week’ award goes to Duncan Hunter:

Gay servicemembers aren’t in the clear quite yet.

As the Pentagon begins its work to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, a process that is expected to take several months, a Republican congressman from California has introduced legislation that would likely delay the process.

More on this at: TPM!

According to a post on POZ.com:

The Congressional Republicans have claimed that one of their first orders of business will be to attempt to repeal health care reform: namely, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law on March 23 of 2010–a bill that was amended by The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act on March 30, 2010.

This could have grave effects for those who are HIV+.  Find out why at: POZ.com!

But even through all the anti-gay rhetoric spewed by members of the Republican party, some still pose the question; Exactly how anti-gay is the GOP?

According to a post on WGLB:

Homophobia is still more permissible in politics than anti-Semitism or racismn, however, at least according to Denis Dison, vice president of external affairs at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.

“You don’t see Fox News or CNN inviting white supremacists on the air to provide regular political commentary, but they often invite the leaders of viciously anti-LGBT groups like the Family Research Council to talk about employment non-discrimination, marriage, the military ban, etc,” Dison said. “Frank Rich wrote a column in which h e said homophobia was still at most a misdemeanor in Washington. I think that’s right.”

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According to a post on TPM:

Sarah Palin may have her own TV show, a gig on Fox News, and two books to her name, but there’s one thing she is unlikely to add to her resume, according to a number of recent polls: the presidency.

The scary part, some of the GOP front runners aren’t any better and are just as, if not more homophobic.  Find out more at: TPM!

But, it looks like they’re too busy keeping a watch on the evil gays to worry about the economy.

According to a post on AVN:

Republicans wasted no time tackling the hard legislative issues that lie before Congress in the coming years.

Widespread unemployment? No, they let the new unemployment benefits bill die, leaving millions of Americans with zero income going into the new year. The START treaty to reduce our and Russia’s nuclear arsenal? No, they want to put that off until sometime next year… if ever. Getting rid of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” as a recent Pentagon study recommended and Defense Secretary Robert Gates supported? Nah; all 42 members of the GOP Senate caucus have vowed to block any legislation that doesn’t have to do with protecting millionaires’ tax rates or deficit cuts. Prosecute America’s war criminals? Surely, you’re joking!

Nope; the thing they’re exercised about is a short art video that’s part of a new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution, “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture.”

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Let’s not forget about the largely apathetic and bitter LGBT community who either didn’t vote or voted GOP because they’re delusional over the time it takes for change.

But, in all this mess, a few things did come out of the wash clean.  One being the first ever transgender being elected as a judge.

According to a post on the NY Times:

Voters in the San Francisco Bay Area elected the first transgender trial judge in the country on Tuesday. Victoria Kolakowski, a lawyer who underwent gender reassignment surgery more than two decades ago, won the race for Superior Court judge in Alameda County with more than 50 percent of the vote.

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