River, you're absolutely right! The Republican party in Texas is not only trying to dismantle the ADA, which has already been severely restricted by the judiciary, but they are also insinuating that homosexuality is a disability.
Keith
River Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
River Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Perhaps my previous e-mail wasn't clear?
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.
Or, are people so ----- they can't see the forest for the trees? That
my friends is exactly the point. Go ahead, support those who want to
dismantle the ADA, squeeze the life out of our measly medicare
insurance coverage, and put our low-income housing at risk, I'm beyond
trying to convince t! his group.
River
> do not know what the Democratic article said..
Perhaps you should do some reading on your own. Someday it will come
back to haunt you if you believe everything you hear.
River
On Sep 10, 2004, at 3:30 PM, Dana Miller wrote:
> I read this "after" I sent my other reply a few minutes ago I
> personally
> agree with the wording and think it would clear up a lot of red tape
> and
> abuse of the ADA.
>
> I
>
> Dana and ?
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryant's" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Quad-List submission" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] ADA destruction
>
>
> The quoted article says: "The Texas platform inaccurately calls for
> the
> immediate removal of persons with "homosexual practices" from
> protection
> under the ADA."
>
> Curious, so I went to the Texas Republican Platform to see what it
> does say.
> http://www.texasgop.org/library/RPTPlatform2004.pdf
> Page 14 of the Platform - "The Party supports amendment of the
> Americans
> with Disabilities Act to exclude from its definition those persons with
> infectious diseases, substance addiction, learning disabilities,
> behavior
> disorders, homosexual practices and mental stress, thereby reducing
> abuse of
> the Act."
>
> It seems quite different to say "supports amendment ... to exclude
> from its
> definition ..." than to say "calls for the immediate removal of ..."
> I do
> not know if there have been attempts to use the ADA for protection
> based
> upon homosexual practices. There may have been. If so, supporting
> amendment to exclude those from the definition would b! e a means of
> clarifying the intent. If not, it would seem to be an unnecessary
> amendment. But the tone of the Democratic article was certainly
> different
> from the tone of the actual words of the Texas GOP platform and seems
> to be
> politics as usual.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dana Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "quad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] ADA destruction
>
>
>> I will probably start a fight here but--being gay or lesbian is a
>> "lifestyle", not a disability.
>>
>> Dana and ?
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "River Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "quad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> 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 Ame! ricans," 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."
>>
>> Printer-friendly version from Democrats.org
>>
>>
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