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The White House said Wednesday a revised policy on granting security clearances to gays and lesbians does not reflect a change in how the government will treat sexual orientation.
"The Bush administration is waging a covert war on loyal federal employees who happen to be gay," said California Rep. Henry Waxman, the top Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee.
The administration rewrote a 1997 regulation that had said sexual orientation "may not be used as a basis" for denying clearances or determining whether individuals should be eligible to access classified information unless it could make them vulnerable to coercion or exploitation. President Bush's updated language says security clearances cannot be denied "solely on the basis of the sexual orientation of the individual."
With all the real security problems we have, such as our ports, why is the Bush Administration taking one penny of taxpayers money and wasting precious time on a non-issue? This is flat out disgusting behavior and an insult to all of the gay and lesbian people who have patriotically worked to secure this nation.
2 Comments:
Reminds me of the not-so-subtle withdrawl of EEO protections in Federal employment by OPM about a year ago.
