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Democrats have soundly rejected the House Republican version of the Violence Against Women Act?after they?removed all new protections for LGBT women.
From the Huffington Post:
The House GOP bill entirely leaves out provisions aimed at helping LGBT victims of domestic violence. Specifically, the bill removes ?sexual orientation? and ?gender identity? from the list of underserved populations who face barriers to accessing victim services, thereby disqualifying LGBT victims from a related grant program. The bill also eliminates ?sexual orientation? and ?gender identity? from the list of groups who may not be denied funding under VAWA
Said Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt who wrote the original version of the bill that included the LGBT protections.
?The Republican House leadership has decided to replace the Senate-passed version with a substitute that will not provide critical protections for rape victims, domestic violence victims, human trafficking victims, students on campuses, or stalking victims. This is simply unacceptable and it further demonstrates that Republicans in the House have not heard the message sent by the American people and reflected in the Senate?s overwhelming vote earlier this month to pass the bipartisan Leahy-Crapo bill.?
Republicans.? Disgusting inhuman?beings the lot of them.
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