Lawmaker uses short people to question gay-bias bill

[canis_lupus]

The debate on the Senate floor over a bill that would expand the prohibition of sexual orientation-based discrimination became personal and emotional this morning after a senator offered a rhetorical amendment to ban discrimination against short people.

Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, withdrew the stunt amendment after arguing that there is no need for the bill because he has not seen evidence that gays and lesbians are discriminated against when seeking a job or a home.

"What I'm talking about is economic discrimination, political discrimination, employment discrimination," Brophy said. "I find no pattern of any of those."

"It must be nice," said Jennifer Veiga, a Denver Democrat sponsoring Senate Bill 200 who is gay, "as a white male to sit back and mock the real discrimination that occurs in our society, especially on the basis of sexual orientation."

http://www.2015place.com/2008/04/lawmaker-uses-short-people-to-question.html

[Fearless]

1. Maybe he could cite himself as proof. Bastard.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. This man is an idiot

My brother is very short, but his shortness did not preclude him from being allowed to serve honorably in the Army for 20 years. His short stature did not mean that, when his wife was ill, he was not allowed to visit her in the hospital. He was never threatened with the loss of custody of his children because he is under five and a half feet tall. And, when the sad day comes when either he or his wife dies, the surviving spouse will have no trouble gaining Social Security/pension benefits or the right to inherit the deceased spouse's property.

Yet I am friends with a lovely lesbian couple, and one of the ladies is terribly ill right now. Her partner was worried sick because she not only had to face the illness of her beloved, but the challenge of being able to visit her, the ability to manage her partner's affairs, etc. I haven't heard from them in a while, and I pray every day that they are both all right. It is simply not humane to put added stress upon a partnership just because it is a same-sex partnership rather than a heterosexual one.

[KSinTX]

3. Lawmakers should have voted to pass it

Made home be built more height-challenged friendly, forced stores to lower racks, the clothing industry offer equal numbers pants short and women's petites, made automakers stop building monster trucks (or tires). Then turned around and said, "OK, we've addressed the height discrimination. Now how 'bout that GLBT bill?"

[hulklogan]

4. Sen. Brophy is an embarassment to Colorado, like many state legislators here.

Sometimes I think Colorado voters are all on drugs.