Over the weekend President Obama announced his intention to make fifteen recess appointments, including the controversial nominee and Chai Feldblum. David Dayen at FireDogLake calls Obama's choice to nominate Feldblum "a pretty bold" one. A blogger for the DailyKos writes "Bye-bye, bipartisanship."

David Smith, senior vice president for programs at the Human Rights Campaign, had this to say about the news of Feldblum's appointment:

'It's a shame that her nomination was stymied to score political points with the far right. The President should be applauded for moving beyond the obstructionist tactics of a few Senators.''

Smith's comment is preposterous. If it were "only a few" senators who opposed Feldblum, she could have been ushered through the Senate appointment process long ago. In fact many senators opposed her views on what the EEOC should be doing to American businesses.

Now that Feldblum has been appointed, we can expect her to begin implementing her agenda:

Tobias Wolff, a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and LGBT policy chair for Obama's presidential campaign, wrote to Metro Weekly, ''[Feldblum's] expertise on LGBT discrimination will be invaluable and reminds us of the importance of prompt congressional passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Much of the blame for these recess appointments has been placed by the administration on "obstructionist republicans." But before the election of Scott Brown, when the Democrats enjoyed a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, many of the nominees were held up by the Democrats' own legislative priorities, and inability to whip their own caucus into order.

Daniel Foster on NRO points out the double standard here:

... Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) — a long-time opponent of the recess appointment who called it “an end run around the Senate and the Constitution,” and kept the Senate chamber open during breaks to prevent George W. Bush from making them — gave President Obama his blessing to install Becker [and Feldblum] while Congress was away.

Generally, when the process of democracy is subverted, it is the governed who suffer most, not those who govern.

The latest on one of Obama's most controversial appointees:

At least one senator has put a secret hold on the confirmation of openly gay law professor Chai Feldblum and four others to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

A Senate committee approved all the nominations, including Feldblum’s, as a group in December.

A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that Reid is “working to get an agreement” with Republicans to consider the nomination of Feldblum and other EEOC commissioners.

There has been no public indication yet of which senator has placed the hold on the EEOC nominees’ full Senate confirmation vote.

Reminder: we have an action item and Facebook group related to Feldblum's nomination.

Yesterday EEOC-nominee Chai Feldblum was passed by the Senate HELP Committee in a closed-door vote.

Feldblum was not subjected to an individual vote, but was instead approved "en bloc" as part of a block of various nominees.

This is the easiest way for the Senate to confirm a controversial nominee like Feldblum.

She will next be voted upon by the entire Senate.

Mario Diaz of Concerned Women for America writes on Feldblum and the "Privatization of the First Amendment."

You may continue to contact your Senator over Feldblum's nomination at our American Principles in Action website.

Our previous posts on Feldblum can be read here.

Thank you for all that you have done on this important nomination.

Here at APP, with your active help and support, we have been working to expose the radical positions held by EEOC nominee Chai Feldlblum.

She is now trying to take back some of her public actions in support of concepts such as government-recognized polygamy (as Politico reports):

A nominee for the Equal Employment Oppportunity Commission has asked that her name be taken off a statement calling for broadening government recognition of relationships in advance of her confirmation hearing [Wednesday].

Chai Feldblum, a Georgetown law professor best known for her work on gay rights and disability law, had signed the 2006 statement aimed government recognition for relationships other than traditional marriage between two people, same-sex or otherwise.

Feldblum wrote in an early November letter to statement organizers:

I am writing to ask that you remove my name as a signatory to the Beyond Same-Sex Marriage statement. I signed this document because it supports societal recognition of relationships between LGBT couples. But the statement was overly broad and there are parts of it with which I do not agree. Because the text of the statement does not reflect my views, I must ask you to remove my name.

... Feldblum's statement doesn't specify which parts she is disavowing, but it moves her more in line with what is becoming the mainstream Democratic Party position, which is support for same-sex marriage between, as she writes, "couples," rather than other units.

In her confirmation hearings on Wednesday, Feldblum tried even more explicitly to distance herself from the statement she signed:

''I do not support polygamy,'' said Feldblum. ''I am sorry I signed that document and I have asked that my name be removed.''

... She said while she agreed with the ''general thrust'' of the overall statement ''about support for the range of caregiving relationships,'' the full statement ''goes beyond what I would have said and it was mistake to sign it.''

Feldblum also, despite her previous statements to the contrary, came out strongly in favor of religious exemptions from ENDA and other government-imposed employment standards:

Feldblum assured the Committee that she is aware of and comfortable with the religious exemptions in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and in ENDA.

''I strongly support that exemption,'' said Feldblum, ''…and I would not have a problem at all enforcing that exemption.''

As we here at APP have pointed out before in our extensive coverage of Feldblum's nomination, she has previously come out strongly against religious freedom wherever it would appear to conflict with sexual freedom.

It is evident that these concerns we and others have raised have made it to the ears of those who are helping Feldblum pass her Senate hearings.

This is all the more reason to let your Senator know what you think about Feldblum's nomination. There is still almost a week for Senators to submit aditional information about or questions to Feldblum.

Charles S. LiMandri mentions Chai Feldblum as part of his wider case that "The Ship of State is Being Steered Toward a Maelstrom of Anti-Christianity":

One of President Obama’s latest appointees to the EEOC is lesbian law professor Chai Feldblum, a former lawyer for the Human Rights Campaign and the ACLU. In 2006 , Feldblum admitted that when sexual freedom and religious liberty conflict, “I’m having a hard time coming up with any case in which religious liberty should win.”

Please join our ongoing efforts to oppose Chai Feldblum's nomination.

As part of our ongoing campaign to oppose the nomination of Chai Feldblum to the EEOC, we're watching the news feeds to see what other individuals are saying about her.

Ken Blackwell at The Patriot Post:

"...aggressive EEOC action only promises to get worse. President Obama’s latest appointee to EEOC is Georgetown University Law professor, Chai Feldblum. A longtime activist for radical gay and lesbian causes, Commissioner Feldblum has openly acknowledged that gay liberation trumps religious liberty wherever they collide."

Gary Bauer at Human Events:

“Do not doubt the direction we are headed and the destination we will reach.”

With those words to gay activists at the annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) fundraiser this month, President Obama again signaled -- with the wink-and-a-nod style with which he is so adept -- his support for same-sex marriage.

Few people believe the president when he insists he opposes gay nuptials. But the more significant issue is not whether the Obama administration’s “destination” on marriage is same-sex marriage. It clearly is.  The key issue is whether, based on who the president surrounds himself with, the administration will put us on the slippery slope toward the end of government recognition of marriage altogether.

Consider Chai Feldblum, Obama’s commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). She is an avowed supporter of polygamy. In 2006, she signed a manifest titled “Beyond Marriage,” which advocated “legal recognition for a wide range of relationships, households and families—regardless of kinship or conjugal status,” including “households in which there is more than one conjugal partner.” 

You may wish to join our Facebook group opposing Chai's nomination.

We encourage you to write about Chai Feldblum yourself! Please help us spread the word.

An updated press release on our ongoing efforts to halt Chai Feldblum's nomination went live this morning on the PRNewswire-USNewswire:

American Principles in Action Calls on Senate to Reject Extremist EEOC Nominee:

Today, American Principles in Action urged concerned Americans to contact their Senators over the impending confirmation of Chai Feldblum to a five year post on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). [You can also access the press release archived here on our APP website.]

Please visit our APIA action page and tell your friends! We are already having an impact.

Chai Feldblum is one of the drafters of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Penna Dexter discusses some of the measure's possible implications, and where Chai Feldblum fits into the picture:

Some people call ENDA a 'gay jobs quota bill.'  It's to be enforced by the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission whose latest appointee is Chai Feldblum, currently a lesbian activist Georgetown Law Professor.  When asked about the rights of employers to follow their religious beliefs in hiring people, she replied, "Gays win; Christians lose."

This is not about righting economic wrongs. Homosexuals tend to be more highly educated and to have, according to some surveys, higher disposable incomes than heterosexual couples.  Many companies court gays for hiring.  The government does not force them to hire Christians.

Andrea Lafferty on "Chai Feldblum Will Threaten Religious Freedom":

I was on CBN this morning with David Brody to discuss the views of lesbian lawyer Chai Feldblum who has been picked by President Obama to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

As I explained to Brody, Feldlbum has some very troublesome views about sexuality, marriage, and religious freedom.

She's on record clearly saying that the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) political agenda trumps religious freedom issues.

... [Chai] will ruthlessly enforce her own views about morality as an EEOC commissioner.

... She should be soundly defeated when or if she is granted a hearing by the Senate.

Thus it is all the more important to contact your Senators through our APIA action item.

From our APP/APIA press release:

Today the American Principles Project and its sister organization American Principles in Action urged concerned Americans to contact their Senators over the impending confirmation of Chai Feldblum to a five year post on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

The full press release is available online here.

We have also written a "Simple Case against Chai Feldblum" laying out the case for why we oppose her nomination. Please join our efforts and take action in opposing her nomination here at American Principles in Action.

There is also a Facebook group to help spread the word. Please ask your friends to join.

Chai Feldblum has been gaining wider attention as her Senate confirmation hearing approaches and her public record becomes known.

Here are a partial list of news outlets and organizations which have expressed concern over Chai Feldblum's nomination:

• LifeNews (and Focus on the Family)
• David Brody at CBN News
• Lee Cary at American Thinker
• Deal Hudson at Inside Catholic
• Candi Cushman at Citizenlink (attached to FRC Action)
• WorldNetDaily
• Catholic News Agency

If you have written on Chai Feldblum, please post a comment or send us an email.

APP has previously written on Chai Feldblum:

• Video: Obama appointee says Government should promote "gay sex is morally good"

Here is yet another incredible discovery of an Obama appointee who supports using the government to promote an agenda deeply out of touch with American values and civic virtue.

The "Bettle Blogger" on Chai Feldblum:

President Barack Obama’s nominee Chai R. Feldblum for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission proclaims that, “Gay sex is morally good.” Further in the video she suggests the government has a duty to promote homosexuality, and it is as good as heterosexuality.

Equality is a weapon?  Homosexuality morally good?   And the government has a duty to promote it?

Chai Feldblum believes that these LGBT rights should come even at the expense of religious liberties!  This woman has no place being in government.

BB provides links to many other articles detailing how Feldblum promotes polygamy and equates "two sisters living together" with a married couple.

Yet another inappropriate choice for a government position.