Tag: Civil Rights Act of 1964
Gay Republicans launch campaign asking Mitch McConnell to deny them equal rights
A group of gay Republicans – including the former head of the Log Cabin Republicans – have launched a petition to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell demanding that he squash any attempt to give LGBTQ people equal rights.
That’s right, they’re literally opposing their own civil rights.
Republican and religious right opposition to the Equality Act has been focused mostly on so-called “religious freedom” excuses for discrimination. Both groups have specifically highlighted protections for transgender people and women as problematic for...
