Oh, how the mighty fall. Now, it's great that Santorum signed the statement - desperate to be sure - but great. How Santorum's religious right buddies are going to react to the Senator reportedly meeting with a gay activist last week and then signing a non-discrimination statement that includes gender identity along with sexual orientation, well, that's quite another matter.
Rick Santorum is quite likely the religious right's top guy in the Senate. If he thinks he has to embrace transgender and gay rights in order to win re-election, then the culture wars are over folks. We won.
More from GenderPAC:
On Wednesday, Senator Rick Santorum (R - PA) became the 170th Member of Congress to affirm that they do not discriminate in their own employment practices based on an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
"We welcome Sen. Santorum's signature affirming the need for basic equality in his own hiring practices," said Riki Wilchins, Executive Director of the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GenderPAC.) "It puts him in good company with 169 other Members of Congress who have signed this statement."
The Senator's signature came after a meeting last week with GenderYOUTH activist Adrian Shanker.
