Why Do The House Democrats Want To Know

Last week at the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing, Democrats passed a bill to require federal health officials to question anyone seeking services from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) community health centers or other programs about their sexual orientation and “gender identity.”

Introduced by Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), H.R. 6109 requires HHS to obtain, retain and analyze sexual identity information from patients who seek healthcare, including children. “This bill is about collecting data, no more, no less,” Baldwin said.

According to Baldwin, the current “lack of cultural competency” among federal officials means that “we are left with gaping holes in our knowledge on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) policy” resulting in “significant health disparities.”

The bill’s requirements would apply to all HHS health service programs, requiring the health service employees to ask everyone receiving services their sexual orientation and gender identity -- including those that focus on children at school-based health centers.  Children who seek help at government-funded school health clinics would be asked whether or not they are gay, lesbian, bisexual or if they know their gender identity.

Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), top Republican on the committee, said the legislation was grossly intrusive.  “For the life of me I do not see any reason at all to do this bill,” Barton said.  “It would require any individual who seeks services from any program offered by HHS to answer questions about their sexual orientation and gender identity. While I assume most adults understand and know what that is, it is inconceivable that a child in a program would even know what some of the terms mean.”

Democrats voted the bill out of committee with 12 Democrats voting yes and 10 Republicans voting no. Democrats were light on the vote due to absences from several members, including Rep. Zach Space (D-OH) who hastily exited the hearing room when the bill was called up for consideration.

Why do they socialist House Democrats want to know children’s sexual preferences and orientation?   Many of the children they would ask probably don’t even know what their sexual preference is.  This is one more example of an intrusive federal government snooping into people’s lives.

Elections do matter.  The socialist Democrats want to control your life and make every one come to the government for all your needs.

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