The Democratic Party's New LGBT "Equality" Agenda: Big Words, Short Arms
Filed by: Rebecca Juro
January 8, 2011 12:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/01/the_democratic_partys_new_lgbt_equality_agenda_big.phpIt's really interesting to see how mainstream cable newsmedia is lauding the Democratically-controlled 111th Congress for getting so much done. It's not entirely undeserved of course, but when one takes a close look at what actually did get done this past session of Congress in terms of protecting and ensuring equal civil rights for all Americans, we find that their actual results are really not quite as impressive as some would like us to believe.
The repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell is a great example of what I'm talking about here. Long overdue to be sure, but also only actually impacting the lives of just a tiny fraction of a single percent of the American LGBT workforce, just like the rest of the "progress" made on LGBT rights by this administration thus far, mainly by Executive Order of one form or another.
What about the rest of us, the majority of the American LGBT workforce who work in the private sector or for state and local governments in areas of the country without laws which protect their LGBT citizens?
