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Dangerous Legislative and Confirmation Votes In December!
November 24, 2009 – TVC is sounding the alarm about numerous bills that threaten religious freedom, our children, and our health care system. In addition, we are leading the fight against the confirmation of Chai Feldblum, a lesbian activist lawyer, to become a commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Congress will be in session starting December 2nd until Christmas. They will be voting on these dangerous initiatives.
Reid 'Health Care' Reform Bill Increases Premiums by $3,100 Yearly and Funds Abortion!
(Forward To A Friend) - November 24, 2009 – Senator Harry Reid's (D-NV) 2,074-page health care bill will increase family health insurance premiums by an average of $3,100 a year, according to new figures released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
The CBO says that an average family plan will increase by 28% under the Reid bill – from $11,000 per family to $14,100 per family. In addition, a family of four with an income of $54,000 will pay 17% more of its income for premiums and cost sharing in Reid's government-run health care legislation.
Reid's bill will end up costing the American taxpayer $2.5 trillion and leave families with higher health care costs. "Reid's legislative takeover of health care costs Americans $1.2 billion per page or $6.8 million per word!," said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. "And what do we get for it? Socialized medicine and higher health care costs!"
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has posted a simple analysis of Reid's bill on his web site. Reid's bill will not only increase health care costs, but result in an estimated loss of 1.6 million jobs and leaves 24 million without health insurance. Reid imposes an $8 billion tax on uninsured Americans and $28 billion in new taxes on employers! Reid also cuts Medicare by $465 billion and cuts $118 from Medicare Advantage.
"Reid's solution to health care reform is to tax Americans, punish senior citizens, and increase the cost of health care for everyone," said Lafferty. "This isn't reform, it's a recipe for national disaster and the destruction of the finest health care system in the world."
Rationing Mammograms & Gym Membership
Heritage Foundation expert Brian Darling has recently exposed the fact that Reid's health care bill will result in the rationing of mammograms for women.
According to Darling, Section 2713 of the bill says that the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force will have the force of law in determining what's in health plans or what's not covered. Last week, the Task Force gave annual mammograms a "C" rating (not recommended). Right now, insurance companies can ignore the Task Force guideline. Under Reid/ObamaCare, it will have the force of law. A new government bureaucracy (one of 100 new bureaucracies to be created in the Senate bill), will make mammogram health care decisions for women and their physicians.
Under Reid/Obama care, mandated health insurance plans must include "mental health parity," "behavioral health treatment," and include "preventive care," which can include gym memberships. (This is in Section 1302(a) of the bill.)
Marriage Penalty
Reid/ObamaCare punishes married couples. It will inflict a 0.5% payroll tax on married couples making more than $250,000 a year in wages. Co-habiting couples, however, are free to make $200,000 each before being taxed.
Employer Mandates
Reid/Obama Care will impose $28 billion in new taxes on employers that don't provide government-approved health insurance plans! These new taxes will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices for everything.
Abortion Funding
Sen. Reid's bill will not only cost more for every family, but he has included a provision that is an abortion-funding fee that will pay for abortion on demand with taxpayer dollars. The abortion funding mandate is on page 118 of the bill. It authorizes the federal government to pay for any and all abortions through a government-run program known as the "public option." Reid's bill will permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund all abortions, including third trimester and partial-birth abortions! It will subsidize purchase of private plans that cover abortion on demand, too.
"Reid clearly wants American taxpayers to be forced to pay for abortion on demand through his bill. This isn't health care, it's the killing of unborn babies," said Lafferty.
The Louisiana Purchase & Other Bribes
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is a so-called "moderate" who received a multi-million dollar bribe in the form of cash assistance in Reid's bill for her vote to support debate on his legislation.
Initially, Reid dropped a $100 million dollar benefit into his bill that benefited only Louisiana. On page 432 of the bill there is a section that increases Medicaid subsidies in states that are recovering from a natural disaster during the past 7 years. That provision only applies to Louisiana! (Landrieu held out for more cash from Reid and has openly boasted that she got $300 million for her state, not just $100 million initially offered.)
Landrieu's vote was needed by Reid in order to get the 60 votes necessary last Saturday to approve the legislation for debate within the next few weeks.
Other Senators who received deal sweeteners were: Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Evan Bayh (D-IN).
Nelson got Reid to remove a provision stripping health insurers of their anti-trust exemption; and Wyden got Reid to agreed to expand eligibility for health insurance.
In addition, Reid made sure that California, the abortion industry, and big labor got deals for support of his socialist health care bill. The abortion lobby, for example, was encouraged by Reid's massive abortion funding mechanism in the bill. California was promised $300 million for an increase in Medicare payments to doctors.
According to the Houston Chronicle, in the House-passed version of health care reform, labor unions will receive up to $10 billion in taxpayer-funded bailouts. This $10 billion will be used by unions to pay retiree benefits. The House bill will force home health care workers into unions, too! According to the Chronicle: "Under the proposed public option, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius would wield tremendous discretionary authority to regulate participating health care workers. She and various federal panels, where the unions would have guaranteed seats, would take the lead in recommending health care policy. Thus, labor would have considerable influence over decisions affecting most doctors, nurses and patients."
These pro-union provisions could be added to Reid's bill in a conference committee.
TAKE ACTION: Contact your two Senators and urge them to oppose passage of any legislation that nationalizes our health care system!
Here are key bills and information on Chai Feldblum:
Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) Threatens the Practice of Religion & Our Nation's Children
(Forward To A Friend) - November 24, 2009 – The House may be voting on passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) as soon as early December before the Christmas recess. Only grassroots action can protect religious liberty.
ENDA is a direct assault on the constitutionally guaranteed free exercise of religion. This means that you can have a belief in your heart but not practice it.
It is key legislation favored by the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) lobby to gain federally-protected minority status for sexual behaviors that most Americans consider bizarre or abnormal.
ENDA (S. 1584) will force all businesses, schools, and other enterprises in America with 15 or more employees to submit to the LGBT political agenda.
ENDA will force businesses, public schools (pre-kindergarten through 12th grade), as well as Christian entities such as religious broadcasters, Christian bookstores, etc., to accommodate the sexual practices of cross-dressers, drag queens, transsexuals, and even she-males (individuals who undergo only a partial sex change operation). Will private Christian entities such as camps, pre-schools, grade and high schools, be forced to hire she-males? Under ENDA it is likely.
Make no mistake about it: ENDA will also directly target public schools and help fuel the LGBT agenda on campuses. Imagine a school teacher telling students he's returning the next year as a woman. Will parents be free to opt their children out of a transsexual's class? NO. Parents are already prevented from doing so by a similar law in California. Additionally, a recent Massachusetts court decision jailed a parent who disagreed with homosexual teaching in his child's elementary school. Will children who are offended be considered bigots who need re-education? Probably, yes.
ENDA will federalize the sexual insanity taking place in California schools – thanks to a LGBT-dominated legislature and compliant governor. Children in California schools are captive to the LGBT political agenda. If ENDA passes, transsexuals, drag queens, cross-dressers and she-males will be federally-protected minority groups and can freely exploit our nation's public school kids.
ENDA is proposing newly invented rights for individuals who engage in a variety of bizarre sex acts. ENDA pits constitutional rights of religious freedom and free speech against individuals who cross-dress or engage in dangerous sexual activities.
Openly gay Obama appointee John Berry runs Office of Personnel Management, which is the federal government's personnel agency. He recently gave a speech at a LGBT conference and said that ENDA is the most important piece of legislation the LGBT movement can get passed.
ACTION NEEDED IMMEDIATELY
It is vital that you do three things:
- Contact your U.S. Representative and two U.S. Senators and ask that they OPPOSE any version of ENDA that is considered! Send an e:mail and/or call, (202) 224-3121.
- Forward this to all your email lists. Only grassroots action can protect religious liberty. Your Members of Congress are busy. If they don't hear from us, they won't think it is important.
Chai Feldblum Is Long-Time Supporter Of Polyamory – Multiple Sex Partners
(Forward To A Friend) - November 24, 2009 – During her confirmation hearing last week, lesbian lawyer Chai Feldblum was asked by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) about her support of polygamy and why she signed a petition by BeyondMarriage that supports polyamory (multiple sex partners – both male and female – in relationships.
Feldblum denied that she supports polygamy and told Harkin it was a mistake for her to have signed the BeyondMarriage petition.
Feldblum may not support polygamy, but she is a long-time supporter of polyamory, which is even more troublesome. Polygamy is typically one man with many wives. Polyamory is many men and women all engaged in sex acts.
Chai Feldblum outlines her views on traditional marriage, gay marriage and other forms of relationships in her paper, "Gay Is Good: The Moral Case For Marriage Equality And More."
Feldblum has her doubts about traditional marriage:
"I, for one, am not sure whether marriage is a normatively good institution. I have moved away from the belief that marriage is clearly the best normative way to structure intimate relationships, such that government should be actively supporting this social arrangement above all others.10 I currently believe that marriage is a normatively "good" framework for most people to aspire to (I think), because it serves some very deep and legitimate human needs. But I also believe all of us are harmed, as members of a society seeking a common good, when society fails to acknowledge the wide array of non-marital intimate social structures that we as humans have ingeniously constructed to negotiate and make sense of the world."
Later in her paper, she describes what she means by "the wide array of non-marital intimate social structures."
Throughout her paper, she favorably quotes William Eskridge, a gay Yale Law School professor who is a sexual anarchist in his views. Eskridge testified on behalf of ENDA at a House Committee hearing on September 23, 2009. Eskridge's extremist views, however, were not discussed. Eskridge is on record as supporting polyamory; opposes laws against prostitution, sado-masochism, pornography and some forms of adult-child sex. Eskridge has co-authored legal papers with Nan Hunter, Feldblum's lesbian partner.
Feldblum Defines New Family Structures and Treats Them Like "Marriage"
Feldblum questions the value of traditional marriage and supports polyamorous relationships that can include both sexual and non-sexual relationships of multiple partners.
Feldblum has coined the term "Non-Sexual Domestic Partners" (NSDPs) to describe a wide range of arrangements that she considers "families." She wants these NSDPs to be given the same kind of state support currently given to traditional marriages.
Other arrangements could include a daughter caring for her mother; two sisters living together; four older women retiring together.
At the time she wrote her "Gay is Good" paper, she was living with three women in a "non-sexual relationship." She considered this her family and says that the state should provide "logistical support" to this kind of arrangement.
Currently, it is reported that Feldblum is living with her lesbian partner (in a sexual relationship, we presume), which may or may not be part of this group.
According to Feldblum: "(Indeed, the gay community has pioneered in developing such relationships and non-gay individuals could learn and benefit from developing similar relationships.) My argument is not that such relationships should supplant the appropriate role that the public sector should play in supporting families and retirees. It is simply that the state has an obligation to recognize and support these non-sexual domestic partnerships – these "moral units" of society -- as well as sexual relationships that offer care and support."
In a footnote to her paper, Feldblum references a paper critical of monogamy and supportive of polyamory. She notes in her footnote that the paper "argues that cultural prescriptions enforcing monogamy obfuscate individual needs and impede self-identification, thereby interfering with real intimacy and satisfaction in love relationships." The paper is: "Monogamy's Law: Compulsory Monogamy And Polyamorous Existence" by Elizabeth Emens, New York University, 2004.
Her confirmation to the EEOC is a steppingstone to the U.S. Supreme Court. Once on the EEOC, it will only be a matter of time before Obama picks her for a Supreme Court vacancy, where she will enjoy a lifetime appointment without any accountability for her bizarre views.
A vote on Feldblum in the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) is tentatively scheduled to take place in early December!
TAKE ACTION: Contact your two U.S. Senators immediately and ask that they vote NO on Feldblum's confirmation to the EEOC. Send an e:mail and/or call (202) 224-3121.
Additional Resources: EEOC Nominee Ghostwrites New Liberty Into the Constitution Violates the Free Exercise of Religion EEOC Nominee Chai Feldblum Hides Bizarre Views
Domestic Partner Bill Provides 'Benefits' for LGBT Federal Employees
(Forward To A Friend) - November 24, 2009 – Lesbian activist legislator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is pushing for passage of H.R. 2517, a bill that will extend health care, vision, dental, disability benefits, family medical and emergency leave, long-term care insurance, compensation for work injuries and other federal benefits to unmarried LGBT individuals.
Last week, a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed the measure on a 23-12 party-line vote.
The bill defines domestic partner as an unmarried adult living in a committed relationship with an unmarried person of the same sex and who plans on living with that person indefinitely.
Federal domestic partners would sign sworn affidavits to verify their relationship. (If lesbian lawyer Chai Feldblum becomes an Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner, she will undoubtedly redefine "domestic partnership" to mean any grouping of individuals who wish to have sex together.)
When a domestic partnership dissolves, the federal employee must notify the government within 30 days. In addition, if the federal employee dies, the domestic partner can get their benefits.
Natural born children or adopted children of a domestic partner of a federal employee will be considered stepchildren of the federal employee and can receive benefits.
"Baldwin's goal is to have LGBT individuals' relationships given the same federal benefits accorded to traditional married couples," said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. "It is an attempt to circumvent the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage in federal law as a union of one man and one woman."
Additional Resources: http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/deathofmarriage.pdf http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/SameSexMarriage.pdf http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/GayMarriageCivilDomestic.pdf http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/CivilUnions.pdf
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