It is FASCINATING to me that not a single person in the government or focus on the family has considered the violence against disabled people in passing this legislation, even though it involves expanding the legislation to include such individuals. Like I said, this demonstrates a total bias in the media and screwed up priorities in terms of what Bush thinks is important-he would rather veto a bill that protects the rights of people he doesn't agree with than support the same bill that protects the disabled community a little more. In respect to this, Bush was the Texas governor that signed the Futile Care Law into legislation. I would not have known that disabilities were covered under the new law unless I had seen the Human Rights campaign website. And, this is what I talked about in my response to the Gordon College thread: it angers me that we talk about sexuality issues day in and day out but pay next to no attention to how disabled people are treated. They should be given equal press, and Focus on Family should consider how this bill impacts other minorities besides homosexuals instead of making that one issue into the be all and end all of that bill.
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