Repubs finally 'cleaning out the schools'

[Not Me]

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed an extension of the Head Start early childhood program but an amendment added at the last minute could put the jobs of LGBT education workers at risk.

The bill, which now goes to the Senate, aims at improving teacher quality in preschool programs. About 900,000 preschoolers from low income families currently take part Head Start. The extension passed Thursday seeks to increase that to more than 1 million.

The School Readiness Act, which is backed by the White House, passed 231-184 with most Democrats and a handful of Republicans voting against it after an amendment was added that would allow taxpayer funded faith-based organizations to discriminate in employment.

The amendment put forward by Rep. John Boehner (R Ohio) will allow faith-based Head Start providers to hire exclusively on the basis of adherence to a particular religion.

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/09/092205schools.htm

[msongs]

1. a homsexual voting for a republican is like a jew voting for a nazi nt

[VPStoltz]

2. I've thought the same about women, or for that matter anyone with a mind.

[DIKB]

3. I used to think they were just weird.

Now I think they are SERIOUSLY fucked in the head. Some demented sado-masochist, "I need to be punished, let me vote for those most likely to exterminate me." thoughts going on.

[drduffy]

4. what a piece of shit

wish I could take 'faith-based' and shove it up ..... well, not bush... he'd like that.