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Rep. Barney Frank cautions not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. It seems that the house is very close to a sexual orientation discrimination bill. However, they loose some votes if they try to tack on transgender rights, so they aren't going to. This is apparently drawing heat. And the community is not behind the new bill because it isn't all inclusive.
Issues like this really highlight while why the right is effective at advancing their agenda while the left spends so much of their time hitting their heads against the wall. The right understands incremental gains. While they talk about out right ban on abortion they work hard for each and every little advancement they can get. They don't constantly slam the politicians that are advancing their cause for only getting small victories. They just constantly push for more victories. The left seems unable to settle for small victories and pushes for dramatic often unrealistic goals.
Hopefully this bill will pass. Hopefully in the future it can be expanded to include transgender. I'm not happy that transgender people won't directly benefit from this bill but I think we should take what we can get. Incremental change is better then no change at all. The people that benefit from this bill shouldn't be punished because not everyone benefits from this bill.
Via TruthDig
Posted by pqbon at October 12, 2007 3:37 PM