Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have passed an annual defence funding bill that highlights the party’s conservative priorities – and sticking points – in advance of the 2024 election season.

Democrats have decried the bill approved on Friday, which included anti-LGBTQ, anti-diversity and anti-abortion rights provisions. It passed by a 219 to 210 largely party-line vote in the majority Republican chamber. Four Democrats voted in support of the bill.

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    It’s the same point as always. Try to force the “undesirables” either into an underclass or to leave.

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      As was the case with DADT and as looks to be the case now: they’re rather them just stay closeted, they don’t want them to leave. If they leave, they have one less expendable body to throw around.

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        It’s pretty clear at this point that they don’t care about any of the practical knock-on effects it’ll have. These changes are guided by nothing more than anger and hate.