Bush's administration ruled this week that it is legally acceptable to fire or demote an employee because of their sexual orientation alone . This directly contradicts Bush's pledge to treat homosexuals as equal under the law.
This is another highly alarming event in a series of homophobic rulings made by the president. In February the ACLU reported on Bush's official endorsement of a constitutional amendment to deny marriage rights to same-sex couples, which would write discrimination and religious dogma into the core principles of America. It goes without saying that this must be prevented.
As a protest to the dispute over homosexual marriages, Benton County in Oregon has banned all marriages - heterosexual and homosexual - until a decision is reached on the issue. Commissioner Linda Modrell was quoted as saying "It may seem odd, but we need to treat everyone in our county equally." I fully approve of this novel method of protesting an increasingly absurd situation and hope that the point is not missed by those in power.
This is another highly alarming event in a series of homophobic rulings made by the president. In February the ACLU reported on Bush's official endorsement of a constitutional amendment to deny marriage rights to same-sex couples, which would write discrimination and religious dogma into the core principles of America. It goes without saying that this must be prevented.
As a protest to the dispute over homosexual marriages, Benton County in Oregon has banned all marriages - heterosexual and homosexual - until a decision is reached on the issue. Commissioner Linda Modrell was quoted as saying "It may seem odd, but we need to treat everyone in our county equally." I fully approve of this novel method of protesting an increasingly absurd situation and hope that the point is not missed by those in power.
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