Which item from the LGBT agenda should come first from Congress?

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Poll question: Which item from the LGBT agenda should come first from Congress?

Note: I am not suggesting anything not be done at all. But something has to come first. I am asking what that something is.

[FLAprogressive]

1. Passing a trans inclusive ENDA. Unfortunately I just don't see DOMA getting repealed in the 111th...

we would not have enough votes to repeal DOMA IMO. There would be a lot of people on our side who wouldn't vote to repeal it (crap Dems from the RWoDP), and very few Repubs who would vote to repeal it....

Ending DADT is unlikely too, as long as Vichy Dem Ike Skelton is still the chairman of the Armed Services Committee. The stupid homophobe fake Dem woudln't let it get out of committee.

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3. I actually think DADT may be our easiest thing

we have a decent amount of GOP support and the troops are needed.

[FLAprogressive]

4. Like I said though -- it has get past homophobe fake Dem Ike Skelton first n/t

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5. two words John Dingell

I think committee chairs will be far more careful about not to piss of Pelosi.

[FLAprogressive]

6. I doubt they're considering replacing that old bag Skelton.

Plus, the people who would be in line to replace him are, coincidentally, also homophobic "Dems" from the bottom of the barrel republican wing of the democratic party (RWoDP) like Gene Taylor (by far one of the shittiest "Dems" in congress period) and Solomon Ortiz.

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7. then I guess we will have to go through the Senate

where we have the likes of Kennedy. It worked against us last time when we had a favorable chair in the House (Dellums) but an unfriendly chair in the Senate (Nunn).

[FLAprogressive]

8. Unfortunately some of the senators aren't too favorable to us either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Armed_Services_Committee

Byrd, Ben Nelson, and Mark Pryor aren't likely to support it.

:(

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9. We should get one or more slots thanks to changed numbers

that should help. Admittedly none of those three will be great but Collins is on our side which makes up one, and hopefully the other will be made up by the extra Democrat. The third one is extra.

[David Dunham]

2. Congress will spend this year dealing with the economy.

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10. An inclusive ENDA must be the first priority.

ENDA relates to primary activities of everyone's life, like the ability to work, live, and go places with recourse against discrimination. Although repeal of DADT and DOMA are important, they should not be the top priorities.