SOUTHERN ARIZONA (SGT NEWS) - Expanding the federal government's enforcement of political correctness, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would forbid employers from discriminating against homosexual and cross-dressing workers.

The only three exceptions to the bill include churches, the military and private clubs.

The bill fell short of specifically including transgendered individuals within its protections, an omission that has angered many activists and some House members, including Barney Frank, an openly gay Democratic member of Congress from Massachusetts.

Representative John Lewis said he “fought too long and too hard to end discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination against our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters."

From the other side of the aisle, Mark Souder, a Republican from Indiana, said that the bill would trample on the rights of those who believe homosexuality is a sin. He also noticed that religious bookstores might be forced to hire those they feel are morally repugnant, and warns this bill may invite litigation and precedents that we might regret.

Although a similar bill is widely expected to pass the Senate, most do not anticipate George Bush to sign this bill into law. Bush previously threatened a veto on an earlier version of the legislation.

The SmallGovTimes.com organization strongly disapproves of federal government involvement in issues of private businesses. We believe that organizations need and deserve the flexibility to hire and fire according to what is best for the organization. The government should have no right to force a business to hire anyone, for any reason, regardless of race, nationality, gender or sexuality.