Collins Report

The return of power to Congressional liberals will bring many changes. Among them will be the reemergence of the Gay agenda. These people have been biding their time, waiting for their chance to impose their will on America, and now they have it. The worst elements of the Gay agenda are as follows.

ENDA: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, ENDA, will ban job discrimination in situations of private employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity. ENDA would threaten The Boy Scouts and other such groups whose functions place adults in close proximity to innocent children. While no evidence exists that establishes that all gays are child molesters, available data suggests that an inordinate percentage of child molesters ( perhaps 30% ) are gay. Those that would argue the safety of putting gays in charge of a troop of 12 year old boys have to overcome the obvious dangers gay Scout Masters pose. The Boy Scouts have already fought and won this fight in B.S.A. vs. Dale. ENDA is a backdoor to the eventual destruction of this America institution.

ENDA would force individuals who hold views that homosexuals should not be allow unsupervised access to children, to put their concerns aside or not be allowed to conduct their business. ENDA would force anyone conducting a business such as a day care center to hire persons known to be homosexuals living a lifestyle contrary to what they believe is honest and upright. Worst still it would require “blind hiring” because questions about an applicants personal life styles would be forbidden by the federal government.

H.R.1059 No restrictions on Gays in the Military

We thought putting gays in our military ranks was a settled issue. It’s not. HR 1059 would force our Armed Forces to replace their current policy concerning homosexuals, referred to as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, with a policy of unfettered openness as regards gay soldiers sailors and airmen.

The Uniting American Families Act
The Uniting American Families Act, would allow U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents
to sponsor their foreign born gay partners for immigration benefits to the U.S.
The main sponsors of this attempt to import more homosexuals are, of course, Democrats. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) are carrying the ball for this outrage.
Under this bill, individual homosexuals will be give the power to bring anyone they choose into America. They only have to attest to the person being a “permanent partner”. How long it will be before “committed permanent partners” whose relationship started in a country that allows polygamy are allowed in is anybody’s guess.

Defining a “permanent partner”
The UAFA, says that to qualified “permanent partners” must be in a relationship with another adult in which both parties intend a life-long commitment; (b) financial interdependence; (c) exclusivity; (d) inability to marry in a manner recognized by the INS; and (e) absence of close blood relationship. “Intend a life-long commitment”? Suspected Immigration law “dodging” marriages must be intact for at least three years. Those that dissolve before three years can lead to the deportation of the immigrant partner. Does anyone older than 6 believe that “gay” Immigration law marriages would ever be challenged?

The Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act and
Domestic Partner Health Benefits Equity Act
Currently, IRS law does not require, actually legally married employees to pay taxes on contributions made by their employers to health insurance plans they benefit from. On the other hand, employees not truly married, but holding themselves out to be, such as those in gay “marriages” are required to do so. This is another benefit demand from gays that they are not entitled to under current law. Changing our laws to suit this small group will send us down a path that will be filed with demands from a multitude of other sub-groups.

Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act
This act would provide fringe benefits to domestic partners of federal employees. It would be an exercise in make believe, that is, “ make believe these people are married so we can give them benefits as if they actually are married and everyone will feel so good”. The beneficiaries of this bill would include Gay, as well as heterosexual domestic partners. They would enjoy benefits such as, survivor annuities, health insurance, life insurance, and compensation for work-related injuries. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill would increase direct spending by $137 million over the 2004-2008 and by $242 million over the next 10 years.

Family and Medical Leave Act
This act is designed to provide leave to care for a same-sex spouse, or domestic partner without regard for the person’s gender. But beyond this, it provides leave time for caring for almost anyone the applicant chooses to stay home from work to care for. The employee can stay out of work to care for a gay or straight partner. An in- law ( presumably one who is an “in-law” by virtue of a gay partnership, children, siblings or basically anyone. So businesses would be required to give anyone “unpaid” leave to care for someone at the sole discretion of the employee.

These “benefits” and “ civil rights” will be in place before June. Bet on it. Once they are passed they will never be rolled back. Bet on that as well.