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.

More here!

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!

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!

According to a post on the New York Times:

Hoping to overshadow last month’s large rally led by Glenn Beck that drew many Tea Party advocates and other conservatives, a coalition of liberal groups plan to descend on Washington on Saturday to make the case that they, and not the ascendant right, speak for America’s embattled middle class.

Predicting a crowd of more than 100,000, some 300 liberal groups — including the N.A.A.C.P., the A.F.L.-C.I.O., the National Council of La Raza and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force — are sponsoring a march on Saturday in the hope of transforming the national conversation so it focuses less on the Tea Party.

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But many of the tea-baggers claim that’s not true.  They say their movement is about less taxation, less government and less governmental spending.  But is that really ‘taking back America’?  I mean let’s think about this for a minute. The U.S. has one of the lowest tax rates of any nation in the world, yet boast one of the best infrastructures.  We supposedly have some of the best medical care available, yet we’re the only industrialized nation that allows our citizens to go bankrupt or lose their home when they become seriously ill.  We’re suppose to be the land of opportunity, yet we have over 30 million homeless youth living in the the U.S. today.

So is the tea party really about taking back America?  If yes, who are they taking it back from?

I think it’s perfectly clear where the members of the tea party stand on issues such as LGBT equality and Civil Rights. They believe both threaten the very freedoms and liberties that white, straight Christians have taken for granted since the pilgrims first set foot on U.S. soil before we were a nation.  They now believe that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 should be repealed and that there are no such thing as ‘gay’ rights.

This is (or at least it shouldn’t be) representative of America.  That’s why I’m asking you to join our Facebook page – Give Back America!

According to the page:

Tired of hearing how white Christian members of the tea party are going to ‘take back America’? Who exactly are they taking it back from? The poor? People of Color? Members of the LGBT community? The U.S.A. is now and always has been an immigrant nation. We should not give absolute control to those who have enjoyed white privilege since their ancestors first stepped foot onto this land.

This country was founded on the premise there would be liberty and justice for all…not just the majority!

The time has come to “Give Back America”!

That’s right, give it back to the Native American people who were raped, diseased and murdered as their land was stolen. Give it back to those who are here because their ancestors were brought here by force to build a land of opportunity that’s only largely been accessible to White Christians. It’s time to give it back to our LGBT brothers and sisters who have been denied the right to marry, parent, hold a job or live where they choose because discriminatory laws, made by white Christians have legalized discrimination.

It’s time to give it back to the female population that stands for a woman’s right to choose.

It’s time to give this nation back to the people who have gone bankrupt or lost their home from becoming ill. This is the ONLY industrialized nation where that can even happen!

Taxation is NOT an issue in this country as the U.S. boast one of the lowest tax rates of any nation yet has one of the best infrastructures on the globe.

Join us in our campaign to “Give America Back”! Let’s all enjoy the benefit of living in a nation built on the concepts of equality and freedom of religion!

This is everyone’s country…Let’s give it back…Stop the HATE!

According to a post on Best of the Blogs:

The Republican Party of today is made up of three groups; The Religious Right, the Libertarian Economist, and the Angry WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant)…a combination of which will doom the party to failure as it alienates those in the middle.

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But with the recent ruling out of California on Gay Marriage, the movements power has shown to be steadily declining within the GOP. In the 2004 election being anti-gay was all the rage – as that was the way for the GOP to convince the “values voters” to come out to the polls.

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Republican leader Ken Mehlman’s announcement that he is gay may have come as a surprise to some of the party faithful, but, in keeping with usual journalistic practices, the mainstream media’s coverage has been subdued.

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