Thursday, May 19, 2016

House GOP gets 7 Republicans to switch votes to allow federal contractors to discriminate against LGBTs

Did your congressional representative vote to allow LGBT discrimination by federal contractors based on the "religious freedom" of for-profit corporations slopping at the federal trough? Find out here.

Iowa's GOP Rep. David Young was apparently among the turncoats who knuckled under to GOP pressure to sell out his gay constituents.


For Immediate Release:May 19, 2016
Contact:Mariel Saez 202-225-3130
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after House Republicans held a vote open to make their Members change their votes in order to defeat an amendment that would ban discrimination against LGBT Americans:
“Today, House Republicans defeated an amendment by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney that would ensure that federal contractors cannot discriminate against LGBT employees.  Several Republican Members initially cast votes in favor of Rep. Maloney’s amendment but shamefully changed their votes after it was clear the amendment would pass, leading the amendment to fail by just a single vote.  Not only did they vote against equality and inclusion, but those who switched their votes did not even have the courage to do so openly in the well of the House.  They did so quietly from the back benches, contrary to established practice that requires vote-switching to be done in person at the Clerk’s desk, and House Republican leaders held a two-minute vote open for nearly eight minutes.
“But the action they hoped would slip quietly under the radar will instead surely be heard loudly and clearly across the nation as a rallying cry to all who cherish equality, justice, and civil rights – that those who stand against the full inclusion and protection of LGBT individuals and their families ought to be called out and held accountable.  House Democrats will continue to hold them accountable for their anti-LGBT record and their actions as long as it takes to ensure that the words of our Declaration ring true across this land:  that all ‘are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’”

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