Democrats are currently undertaking two major efforts in Congress to enact key parts of the political agenda of homosexual activists.
Today liberal Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) plans to introduce a bill that would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The bill, which already has 69 co-sponsors, would create federal recognition of same-sex "marriages." However, openly homosexual Congressman Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) is warning fellow Democrats that passing the bill in this legislative session is unrealistic, and that a provision in the bill that would let same-sex couples take their partnership benefits across state lines will stoke a strong response from conservatives. Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, says the DOMA repeal bill is not going anywhere in the short-term -- but its introduction, he argues, illustrates the tactics of the "hard left" of the Democratic Party. "They're saying that the Defense of Marriage Act is vulnerable. I don't believe it is, but it's interesting that more and more Democrats are taking positions against DOMA, which was signed into law by a Democrat, Bill Clinton, in 1996 with widespread Democrat and Republican support," he notes. LaBarbera believes the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which will be receiving a hearing in the House next week, is currently an even bigger legislative threat than a repeal of DOMA. He argues the so-called "fully inclusive" version of ENDA will force Christian entrepreneurs and businesses to subsidize immoral homosexual, bisexual, and transgender relationships. "The good news for us -- given this TEA Party movement, which is just growing by leaps and bounds -- is that ENDA plays into our arguments," he contends. "ENDA is big government liberalism. It's the government being intrusive and telling small businesses and Christians and conservatives how to run their businesses." LaBarbera is advising conservative activists to take advantage of the wave of support for the TEA Party movement by billing ENDA as "big government liberalism."
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