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Originally Posted by brianwspencer
Well if that's your stance, then that's completely true -- but they're getting screwed, in your terms, en masse, without regard to WHO they are.
Whereas, this bill does nothing to change the status quo for the LGBT community, and it had every chance to, the bill didn't actually make them worse off...it just made for a pathetic display that they chose to forgo a very obvious, easy way to fix a discriminatory tax inequity, and elected not to.
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They had to bribe, arm twist, make backroom deals, pressure, beg, etc to get this bill passed by 5 votes. That is seemingly forgotten during the victory celebration. There are enough homophobic constitutes that this wouldnt have passed with that language in it. You are right, it is wrong but lets face it, gays are voting Dem no matter what they do and Obama/Pelosi werent going to risk not passing this thing because of them. I will bet you this though, they will try to change it.