"'House Republicans' thirst to discriminate against the LGBT community is so strong that they are willing to vote down their own appropriations bill in order to prevent progress over bigotry,' ... Pelosi said."

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COMMENTS: 
*  Religious nut jobs
*  It is time to take our red white & blue Stars & Stripes back from these Right Wing self-appointed "spokesmen for God". - If they want to hide behind something, let them hide behind multi-million dollar churches that worship untaxed cash & political influence above almighty God, - let them hide behind their NRA's banner conning million$ annually that the Army is after their hunting rifles, - let them hide behind manufactured lies concerning family clinics selling body parts, - let them even hide behind Cruz-fed ignorant lies about Obama last summer trying to invade Texas to take away their guns so he can declare martial law to stay in office a 3rd term... But it is long-past the time that they stopped hiding behind OUR American Flag and claiming it only belongs to them.
*  The GOP is trying to establish their Christian Sharia law system in the USA again. Don't let them.
*  Biblical law is not US law.
*  Still nobody getting baptized around here. This is TV evangelism Christianity. Put your hand on the radio and put ten dollars in an envelope. I don't think TV evangelism was even thought of when Christ preached.
*   God is an anthropomorphized explanation of the universe. God is to explanations of the universe as Bugs Bunny is to rabbits. God is the product of curiosity and egocentrism. Curiosity led to the need to explain existence. Egocentrism led to the anthropomorphization of the explanation..
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Bible verse prompts GOP walkout after LGBT vote labeled a sin
By Scott Wong and Mike Lillis, May 26, 2016

A House conservative went after dozens of fellow Republicans on Thursday with suggestions that they'd sinned for backing an anti-discrimination proposal against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. 

Rep. Rick Allen, a Georgia freshman, launched the GOP's regular policy meeting in the Capitol basement by reading a Bible passage condemning homosexuality and suggesting that supporters of the LGBT provision, which passed the House the night before, were defying Christian tenets, attendees said.

Several Republicans walked out of the room in disgust.

"It was f---ing ridiculous," said one GOP lawmaker, who was in the room and supported the LGBT provision.

A GOP leadership aide offered a similar verdict. 

"A lot of members were clearly uncomfortable and upset," the aide said.

Allen's office did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. A spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) declined to comment.

The LGBT language has been a thorn in the side of Republican leaders this month as they've tried to move through a series of government spending bills.

Sponsored by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), the provision stipulates that nothing in the underlying spending bills can undermine President Obama's executive order barring discrimination by government contractors based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Last week, the provision had won enough Republican support to pass as part of a military construction bill, but GOP leaders held the vote open and urged supporters to switch their votes. The strategy worked, and the measure failed 213-212. Twenty-nine Republicans voted in favor.

Maloney had better luck this week, when he offered his amendment as part of an energy spending bill. The measure passed late Wednesday night by a vote of 223 to 195, with 43 Republicans joining every Democrat in supporting the provision. 

The victory was short-lived, however, as the amendment proved to be a poison pill that led scores of Republicans to oppose the underlying energy bill, which suffered a crushing 112-305 defeat on the floor Thursday. One hundred and thirty Republicans voted against the package, while just six Democrats supported it.

Republicans were quick to accuse Democrats of playing political games by insisting on the Maloney amendment and then opposing the broader bill after it was attached.

"This is not about LGBT rights. It's about shipwrecking the appropriations process," Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) said after Thursday's vote.

The Democrats have a different view, accusing the Republicans of promoting discrimination by insisting the Maloney language be excised. 

"House Republicans' thirst to discriminate against the LGBT community is so strong that they are willing to vote down their own appropriations bill in order to prevent progress over bigotry," Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said.
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