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RUSH: By the way, this next stuff is great. Let me preface it by giving you a little story here of what\u2019s going on out in San Francisco. ‘National civil rights organizations are celebrating the passage by the House of legislation that would add ‘sexual orientation\u2019 to a list of federally protected classes, but some San Francisco groups refuse to take part in the party.\u2019 They\u2019re not happy about it. They are the transgender and transsexuals, and they\u2019re at the back of the bus on this civil rights issue. ‘The vote Wednesday on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, also known as ENDA…was ultimately revised to remove protection for transgender workers, which upset gay rights groups here and across the country. … ‘People are livid,\u2019 said John Newsome, co-founder of And Castro for All, a bias awareness group. ‘If the first step out of the gate leaves people behind, it is an ill-conceived first step.” Barney Frank was getting tarred and feathered over this, and he told the transgenders and the transsexuals (paraphrased), ‘Just take your time. You\u2019re going to screw up this whole thing. We\u2019ll get this done in steps,\u2019 but they\u2019re not listening. They\u2019re not happy. Here\u2019s John Lewis, who marched with Dr. King and got beat upside the head several times in the Selma march and so forth, late yesterday on the floor of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

LEWIS: I, for one, fought too long and too hard to end discrimination based on race and color, not to stand up against discrimination against our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. During the 1960s, we broke down those signs that said ‘white\u2019 and ‘colored.\u2019 Call it what you mean, to discriminate against someone because they are gay, is wrong, it is wrong! It is not right. Today we have an opportunity to bring down those signs! Now is the time to do what is right, what is fair, what is just! The time is always right to do right. Let us pass this bill.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And next up, Barney Frank, a portion of his remarks.<\/p>\n

FRANK: I feel an obligation to 15-year-olds dreading to go to school because of the torments, to people afraid they\u2019ll lose their job in a gas station if someone finds out who they are. I feel an obligation to use the status I have been lucky enough to get to help them, and I want to ask my colleagues here, Mr. Speaker, on a personal basis, ‘Please, don\u2019t fall for this sham. Don\u2019t send me out of here having failed to help those people.\u2019 Yeah, this is personal. There are people who are your fellow citizens being discriminated against. We have a simple bill that says, ‘You can go to work and be judged on how you work, and not be penalized.\u2019 Please don\u2019t turn your back on them. (applause)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yup. San Francisco values have to be brought to the House of Representatives here, and guess who the speaker is? Speaker is Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n

PELOSI: It\u2019s not that we\u2019re tolerant in my district in California and San Francisco. It\u2019s that we have so much respect for the role that each person plays in our society. So tolerance, maybe. Respect, definitely. But let me also add, that it is the pride that we take in that diversity, and it is the pride that I take in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community that brings me to the floor today to urge a ‘yes\u2019 vote on this important legislation.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But it left out the transgenders! It left out the transsexuals, and they\u2019re casting this as a civil rights issue. The transgenders and transsexuals were told by the House of Representatives to go to the back of the bus. That\u2019s what your House of Representatives was doing yesterday, ladies and gentlemen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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