The bill, which was passed by the Senate to prohibit workplace discrimination against sexual preference and gender identity, has been doomed by House Speaker Boehner. John Micek still asked the question though, "Will you support it?"
Perry deferred and said he personally is opposed to all discrimination in the workplace. Good for you Congressman but not everyone works for you and would receive your gracious tolerance.
He followed up by stating,
"I would also say though, sometimes some of this legislation seeks to give some groups of people a higher degree of equality. That is something that seems genuinely un-American."Good thing Congressman Perry was not around to prevent the un-American travesty that was the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and many, many other acts of congress advocating equity and equality.
This kind of Republican rhetoric is not at all uncommon. The worldview is many GOP Congressmen, women and leaders share is that racism and bigotry no longer exists. It is 2013 and we have a black president after all.
When they people at that premise every lived experience of anyone who has been discriminated against is immediately dismissed as a one-off. This rejection of the reality many Americans exist in validates Republican support for rejections of the need for further protection under the law.
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