When Sen. Al Franken (Dem., Minnesota)offered an amendment to the Defense Appropriation Bill, he sought to protect employees of contractors hired by the U.S. There had been several instances of sexual harassment and assault of women working for these companies in Iraq. In one horrendous episode a woman was gang-raped, told she would lose her job if she left to receive medical treatment and was banned from any criminal or civil court proceedings under the terms of her employee contract which only allowed private arbitration in cases if this nature.
Franken's proposal would deny the awarding of any U.S. contracts to companies that insisted on this kind of limitations on the legal rights of women who suffered such assaults. The amendment passed with only 30 Senators voting against it - ALL REPUBLICANS - including Kansas' own Pat Roberts and gubenatorial candidate Sam Brownback! I leave it to Kansans to decide if this is the kind of "Christian" leadership we want in Topeka.
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