Interesting: The first major Republican to back the new, broad LGBT rights bill is none other than Ted Olson.http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/ted-olson-and-david-bloies-call-for-new-federal-lgbt-protections-120494.html …
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The news comes to Politico by way of HRC. Olson & Boies, backing the Equality Act, join again w/ Chad Griffin, who got them to fight
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Who'd have guessed George W. Bush's SG, and a founder of the Federalist Society, would back such a broad expansion of the Civil Rights Act?
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In that sense, this move to back the Equality Act is more surprising than Olson's decision to back, and fight for, marriage equality.
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To be clear, since people seem confused, I am not talking about, nor do I question, Ted Olson's support for LGBT people's equality. [1/2]
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[2/2] I am talking about the diff b/w his support for asserting constitutional principles & his support for new, broad fed'l legislation.
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This is support ~of a different type~ and not the type of arena I'd necessarily have expected him to enter on LGBT rights. If anything ...
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... it goes to show how much he really has taken on the issue of LGBT equal rights as something central to his efforts in the public arena.
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