aesmael

    As I understand it, there is or will be a bill before the Congress of the United States to make it illegal to discriminate against people in the workplace for, among other things(?), sexual preference and gender identity. Now, I would have thought something as straightforward as this would have long since been law but apparently it is not.
    Unfortunately, word is that members of the Democratic Party have decided there would be insufficient votes to pass this with gender identity included and so they are giving serious thought to dropping that portion. Because, as I so sarcastically say, gay, lesbian and bisexual people are like fluffy cuddly bunnies whom no one could deny rights to, whereas gender variant people (oh, for want of an inclusive term!) are quite icky.
    The short of it is, if any citizen of the nation in question were to make a call to their representative's office voicing support for and inclusive bill, that would probably be a nifty gesture in the direction of wanting to live somewhere civilised.
    They say - yes, they, who know all it suits them to know - that this is likely a futile gesture as Mr Bush is expected to use his veto even if it does. The veto which, so far as I am aware, he has used only to increase the amount of death in the world. This would be in keeping with that trend so I can well believe it.
    Still, I am rather fond of futile, dramatic gestures. I believe it to be a human trait.