Senator James Inhofe has introduced an amendment to the Congressional budget endorsing the idea that businesses and organizations should be allowed to use taxpayer funds to discriminate against married same-sex couples
On Tuesday, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) introduced an amendment to the Congressional budget endorsing the position that businesses and organizations should be allowed to use taxpayer funds to discriminate against married same-sex couples, reports Human Rights Campaign.
The amendment dictates that “Federal agencies do not discriminate against an individual, business, or organization with sincerely held religious beliefs against abortion [or] that marriage is the union of one man and one woman.”
Inhofe's proposed amendment is seen as an attempt to undermine Barack Obama's 2014 executive order requiring all federal contractors to adhere to LGBT nondiscrimination protections.
In a statement, Human Rights Campaign's Government Affairs Director David Stacy said:
“With nearly 60 percent of Americans supporting marriage equality, the Senate should reject Sen. Inhofe's effort to turn back the clock on equality.
“Senator Inhofe's long record of opposition to LGBT rights is already notorious, but the question this week is whether the U.S. Senate rejects his extreme, anti-equality agenda.
"Sen. Inhofe isn't even in touch with his own constituents. The Oklahoma legislature rejected more than a dozen bills aimed at harming LGBT people. Fair-minded Senators from both parties should reject this amendment.”
In 2012, Inhofe and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced a bill prohibiting same-sex marriages on military bases and allowing military chaplains to opt out of conducting such ceremonies.
Watch a Young Turks report on Inhofe using a snowball and the bible to prove that climate change is a hoax, AFTER THE JUMP…
