Anti-gay Republican voted against coronavirus testing bill because it "redefined family
The House of Representatives finally passed a coronavirus relief bill this past Monday night, but one Republican refused to vote for it because he said it “redefined family” by including sick leave to care for an unmarried partner’s children.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) was talking to the SPLC designated hate group Family Research Council’s radio program this week to explain why he was voting against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which would provide free coronavirus testing for the uninsured, strengthen social welfare programs like unemployment insurance and food stamps for people who are losing work due to the pandemic, and give two weeks of paid sick leave and family and medical leave so that people can take care of themselves and those close to them.
It was that last provision that bothered Biggs enough to vote against the bill.
“They’ve redefined family for the first time in a federal… in a piece of federal legislation, to include committed relationships,” Biggs complained on FRC’s program. “The problem with that is it’s really hard to define a committed relationship, and it’s really hard to define anything related to that.”
He’s referring to a part of the bill that defines a person’s child to include several types of children: biological, adopted, and foster children, stepchildren, and “a child of a domestic partner.” A “domestic partner,” according to the law, is someone in a committed relationship with an individual and they “share responsibility for a significant measure of each other’s common welfare.”
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GLBT are under assault. Heterosexism in action!
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The pimple on the arse of progress...self-righteous know nothing...and completely inhumane in his immoral behavior..words and deeds....he is just simply not human....
