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Time for some horse trading. The Equality Act is worthy of support, but only if conservatives get the "dead on arrival" changes they want to the asylum rules and otherwise to address the crisis at the border.Let's see how much the Dems really care about homosexual rights.
That line of reasoning is exactly 180 degrees from a conservative doctrine.One cannot trade morality.
Here are the eight Republicans who voted with Democrats on the Equality ActBy Juliegrace Brufke - 05/17/19 01:04 PM EDT Eight Republicans in the House sided against their party and with Democrats in a Friday vote on legislation banning anti-LGBT discrimination.The eight Republicans who backed the Equality Act, which opponents cast as anti-religious freedom, were Reps. Susan Brooks (Ind.), Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) Will Hurd (Texas), John Katko(N.Y.), Tom Reed (N.Y.), Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) and Greg Walden (Ore.).Hurd, Fitzpatrick and Katko all represent competitive districts, according to the Cook Political Report. <..snip..>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/444292-here-are-the-eight-republicans-who-voted-with-democrats-on-the-equality-act
How is extending the law's equal protection to gays a matter of morality?