04/25/2007
Bill Introduced That Would Ban Anti-gay Employer Discrimination
Yesterday, a bipartisan group of House legislators lead by Barney Frank introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which would prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.
Said Frank: "This is a protection against discrimination that has been tried in a number of states, beginning in Wisconsin more than 20 years ago, and it has worked extremely well. It has caused none of the problems that opponents inaccurately claimed it would and it has provided job protection for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people who ask simply to be allowed do their jobs and be judged on their job performance."
Joining Frank at the press conference introducing the bill were Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Joe Solmonese, Executive Director of HRC, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT), Rev. Dennis Wiley from Covenant Baptist Church, Steven Keyes, Nationwide Insurance, and Rosalyn Pelles, AFL-CIO. Their moments at the microphone follow after the jump...
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Posted 12:55 PM EST by Andy Towle in Barney Frank, Discrimination, Gay Rights, News | Permalink
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What the hell is HRC doing up there? They are nothing a lousy, stinkin' bunch of money-grubbing hacks.
Not that I feel strongly about them...
Posted by: W=WIMP | Apr 25, 2007 1:17:34 PM
Let's hope it actually passes this time.
Posted by: Cate | Apr 25, 2007 2:14:01 PM
What I would give to see this pass . . .
Posted by: shane | Apr 25, 2007 3:10:52 PM
It's still very hard to prove that there's discrimination unless the employer's overt about it. Been there, done that....but can't prove it definitively.
Posted by: Ted B. | Apr 25, 2007 3:43:40 PM
HRC has been doing a great job lately pressing the issues. If you want to do something, head over to their site and spread the word to all your friends. >> http://www.hrc.org
I'm also thankful to these lesgilators and hope the bill passes.
Posted by: Da | Apr 25, 2007 4:05:45 PM
If you want to do something other than permanently give your scent to the money hounds at HRC, head over to www.ngltf.org and sperad the word to all your friends.
Posted by: Leland | Apr 25, 2007 4:15:34 PM
what a beautiful speech Rev. Dennis Wiley gave
I'm very thankful to all those who are moving to pass this.
Posted by: gabriel | Apr 25, 2007 5:54:58 PM
As leader of the free world....we are now in 14th place.
Posted by: vince | Apr 25, 2007 6:12:36 PM
THIS should be our #1 priority - not gay marriage or gays in the army.
Posted by: Tiger | Apr 25, 2007 8:53:49 PM