Waxman-Davis Bill Opens Door to Requiring Protections

July 11, 2007 - Undefined “Sexual Orientation” Protections Could Cover Criminal ActsWashington, DC – A bill introduced by Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Tom Davis (R-VA) includes coverage for undefined “sexual orientation” and effectively endorses criminal activity such as pedophilia and necrophilia. According to a new report from the Traditional Values Coalition, the Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act (HR 2232) “clarifies nothing while it opens the door to licensing all types of aberrant behavior.”

“Sexual orientation is a wild card term which will allow all sorts of mischief to occur in the federal workforce as a precursor to expanding these misguided and ill-conceived policies to the rest of America’s workforce,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty.
“The only thing which could use some clarification is the murky thinking of Waxman and Davis who want to throw open the doors of federal employment to all sorts of smarmy characters. They may be confused but the American people are not. They don’t want somebody who spends all their romantic evenings at a morgue or funeral home holding responsible government positions.

“The push is on to use the vagueness of the term ‘sexual orientation’ to advance the homosexual and other, even more bizarre, agendas. This same undefined language is included in the so called “Hate Crimes” bill and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
“I can see that this sort of thing getting an approving nod from Waxman’s constituents in California, but Virginians will have a lot of questions for Representative Davis. The first being is Mr. Davis a leader in this assault on traditional values or just a dupe who is willing to trade principles for votes?”

The TVC report concludes: “Congress’ refusal to define ‘sexual orientation’ creates the prospect of legal protection for every form of sexual perversion recognized by the psychiatric profession. By its silence, Congress is effectively endorsing such deviant and criminal behaviors as bestiality, pedophilia, and necrophilia as “sexual orientations” protected by federal law.”

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