Friday, February 8, 2013
Good Riddance
[Content Note: Violence homophobia racism.]FMF News: "An amendment towards the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) suggested by Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) unsuccessful yesterday on the 65 to 34 Senate election. The suggested amendment might have removed protections for LGBT sufferers of domestic violence, permit new limitations on U visas provided to immigrant sufferers of domestic violence, avoided tribal courts from defending non-Native accused who're charged with attacking Native women on tribal lands, and would even get rid of the language 'woman' in the biggest grant program within VAWA."Essentially, Grassley's amendment desired to remove everything that Republicans accustomed to justify obstructing the reauthorization of VAWA, protections which Republican Senator Shaun Periods accused Dems of contributing to the legislation particularly therefore the GOP would resist them.Fundamental essentials great minds [sic] from the modern Republican Party: Unilaterally in opposition to safeguarding vulnerable people from domestic violence and abuse, and thus profoundly taken off good belief they assume anybody who supports safeguarding vulnerable people from domestic violence is just doing the work to ensure they are look bad.
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