WASHINGTON - May 25 -

‘Senator Frist and his right-wing allies can’t credibly campaign for re-election on real solutions to America’s real problems, because they have no solutions and they created the problems. Instead, Frist and his right-wing friends are playing politics with the Constitution and bashing a single group of Americans. That’s not an agenda any American is talking about at the gas pump, the emergency room or veterans’ hospital. It’s time for Senator Frist to listen to Laura Bush, Dick Cheney, John Danforth and other Republican leaders and put the American people ahead of his discriminatory politics,’ said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. 

Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese called out Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s politically motivated attack on gay Americans today as the senator pushed a discriminatory amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

“Senator Frist and his right-wing allies can’t credibly campaign for re-election on real solutions to America’s real problems, because they have no solutions and they created the problems. Instead, Frist and his right-wing friends are playing politics with the Constitution and bashing a single group of Americans. That’s not an agenda any American is talking about at the gas pump, the emergency room or veterans’ hospital. It’s time for Senator Frist to listen to Laura Bush, Dick Cheney, John Danforth and other Republican leaders and put the American people ahead of his discriminatory politics,” said Solmonese.

Solmonese continued, “The American people know that marriage has absolutely nothing to do with the high cost of gas, the war in Iraq or the prohibitive price tag on health care. The consequences of immoral leadership are a one-two punch: as they scapegoat hardworking Americans and try to put discrimination in the Constitution, the challenges facing our nation go unanswered — it’s shameful.”

The Human Rights Campaign is the largest national gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender political organization with members throughout the country. It effectively lobbies Congress, provides campaign support and educates the public to ensure that GLBT Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.

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