- All 170 House Republicans joined Democrats to unanimously pass legislation banning fundraising letters that look like official Census mailings, like mailers previously sent by the RNC and NRCC. Woah, actual bipartisanship! (AP)
- Doug Hoffman has a new tactic for his second run for Congress: he will actually live in New York’s 23rd district this time. (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
- The Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill that would basically opt Oklahoma out of federal hate crimes laws because gays are icky and gross. (The Oklahoman)
- A Muslim imam gave the opening prayer in Virginia’s House of Delegates today, even though he is a Muslim! This, of course, was cause for protests outside the state Capitol. (WaPo)
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- Exciting news, America! Alleged human and former Vice President Dick Cheney will not run for president. However, Palin/Beck 2012, also. (Dallas Morning News/Newsmax)
- Oklahoma State Sen. Steve Russell (R-OK City) would like his state to opt-out of federal hate crime laws which currently infringe on his right to beat up gay people because of their gayness. (Oklahoma Daily)
- Former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R-WI) is interested in running for an office! Maybe for governor, or senator, or mayor of some little town. He doesn’t much care so long as the obviously fake name “Tommy Thompson” is on the ballot somewhere! (Political Wire)
- Oh look, your United States Senate can actually agree on something, specifically that Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) is really, really frickin’ old. Bipartisanship! (CNN Political Ticker)
- Sarah Palin has a clever idea to make Muslims not hate us anymore: religious profiling of all Muslims, to protect “innocent American lives” of the Christian variety. (TPM Live Wire)
Being Gay is Your Choice, Religion is in Your DNA
So says the office of House Minority Leader John Boehner:
Questioned about why the House’s top Republican opposes a hate crimes bill penalizing violence against gays, his spokesman said he “supports existing federal protections (based on race, religion, gender, etc) based on immutable characteristics,” just not protections for things like being gay — which conservatives occasionally claim is a choice.
“He does not support adding sexual orientation to the list of protected classes,” Boehner spokesman Kevin Smith added. The statement was made in an email to CBS News.
In other words, religion is a trait you’re born with.
Putting aside the sheer idiocy of Smith’s “you’re born Christian but choose to be gay” argument, the “immutable characteristic” of gender is not actually protected under existing federal law.
The stupid, it burns.
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