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Gay Newspaper Rips Huelskamp

The Washington Blade refers to itself as America’s leading Gay News Source. It has published a demeaning report on Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp. The article discusses Huelskamp’s latest effort to protect anti-gay service members and to prohibit same-sex couples from marrying on military installations.

“Rep. Tim HuelskampScreen Shot 2013-03-11 at 6.03.39 AM who was elected during the Tea Party wave of 2010, introduced legislation known as the Military Religious Freedom Protection Act  or H.R. 914, on Thursday.

The legislation has two parts. The first states that the religious and moral beliefs of service members and military chaplains concerning human sexuality won’t be the basis of adverse personnel action or discrimination in the armed forces. The section section states chaplains may not be forced to perform a rite that is contradictory to their religious teachings, which would include same-sex marriages.

The second section states that a military base can’t be used for any marriage or marriage-like ceremony other than the union of one man, one woman.

Huelskamp is known for pushing anti-gay legislation in the House. Last year, on the same day that President Obama endorsed marriage equality, Huelskamp  amended major funding legislation on the House floor to reaffirm the Defense of Marriage Act.

Just last month, Huelskamp criticized “employment rules” that would “specifically and selectively reward homosexual behavior” during an interview on an anti-gay radio show, identifying it as a “radical” idea that most Americans don’t support — despite polling showing the vast majority of people support such protections.”

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