AFL-CIO Urged to Halt Support of "Proud Union Queers"

(CNSNews.com) - Leaders of more than three dozen family-oriented organizations have sent a letter to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, urging him and his federation to rescind its support of same-sex marriage and stop using members' dues to advance the agendas of homosexual and transgender activists, including one group that calls its members "proud union queers."

The letter, sent earlier this month, is a response to a resolution entitled "Support for the Full Inclusion and Equal Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in the Workplace," which the AFL-CIO Executive Committee passed unanimously at its March 3 meeting in Las Vegas.

While stating that "families come in all shapes and sizes," the AFL-CIO resolution claimed that the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment and its state counterparts "threaten the rights of working people by creating an environment across the nation that is hostile to the rights of domestic partners, regardless of their sexual orientation."

The measure concluded by stating that the AFL-CIO -- which represents 58 national and international labor unions and more than 13 million workers -- "reiterates its longstanding support for the full inclusion and equal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the workplace and in society."

My Comments:
Gee, it kinda makes you feel sorry for those devout (but clearly misguided) Catholics who continue to labor (no pun intended) under the delusion that the Democrat Party and the AFL-CIO are looking out for their best interests.