[QUAD-L] ADA destruction

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<x-tad-smaller>Aug�11,�2004

</x-tad-smaller>McAuliffe to Bush: Renounce Texas' anti-gay, anti-disability GOP platform

<x-tad-smaller>Washington, D.C. - Today Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Terry McAuliffe called on President Bush to renounce language in the Texas Republican party platform calling for unnecessary and discriminatory changes in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The Texas platform inaccurately calls for the immediate removal of persons with "homosexual practices" from protection under the ADA. Since its passage in 1990, the ADA has clearly stated that sexual orientation is not a disability, and as such is not covered under the law.

"The Texas Republican party is changing facts in a blatantly homophobic attack against gay and lesbian Americans," said McAuliffe. "Republicans are abusing the ADA, which has guaranteed equal opportunity and access for millions of Americans, for their own political games.

"This platform does not represent the values of Texans just as it does not represent the values of the American people. George W. Bush must take a stand and renounce the discriminatory and divisive rhetoric coming from his own party in his own state."

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