Re: [QUAD-L] ADA destruction

[River Wolfe]

Of course it's not a disability, which is why this is so absurd.  In no 
way shape or form does the ADA protect gays and lesbians.  The Texas 
Republican party is attacking the ADA and trying to dismantle it bit by 
bit, this is one of their tactics.  By spreading the rumor that the ADA 
somehow protects gays and lesbians, they further discredit the ADA and 
what it is meant to be.  Voter who don't even know what the ADA is, and 
aren't likely to investigate for themselves, hear that it protects gays 
and lesbians and then they support ANY efforts to dismantle the ADA.

If you received my post last month about the ADA being under attack in 
TX you can see what they're doing.  I'll look for it and send it out 
again.

RIver
On Sep 9, 2004, at 8:22 PM, Dana Miller wrote:
I will probably start a fight here but--being gay or lesbian is a
"lifestyle", not a disability.
Dana and ?
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From: "River Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:01 AM
Subject: [QUAD-L] ADA destruction
Aug 11, 2004
McAuliffe to Bush: Renounce Texas' anti-gay, anti-disability GOP
platform
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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