NYPress - The Gist - Michelangelo Signorile -- For Every Citizen?

This time the platitudes were so funny that you laughed until you cried. That’s because, after his Martin Luther King Jr. moment regarding Lott’s statements, Bush signed executive orders that will allow for religious discrimination by charities that take federal money as part of Bush’s faith-based initiatives program. It’s not at all surprising, but the irony of what he was really saying seemed lost on him entirely: "I’m firmly against discrimination—and, by the way, I’m signing some executive orders allowing discrimination!"

As Congressman Jerry Nadler said in a press release, "Today, the President endorsed the practice of hanging signs on doors that say ‘No Jews or Catholics Need Apply.’ In fact, he not only endorsed it, he said that the taxpayers should pay for it."