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(Washington) Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) announced the introduction of a bill Wednesday that would make workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity illegal.
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When the House dropped gender protections in 2007 over the objections of activists, the bill passed – but the Senate took no action. So far, there is no comparable Senate bill, though Frank told the Advocate he was hopeful that one would be introduced there.
If ENDA passes, it would become the first-ever ban on employment discrimination of LBGT people, who are frequently discriminated against in hiring, firing, promotion and compensation decisions.
“If passed, ENDA would promote workplace equality for everyone by expanding protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. Employment discrimination hurts not just families, but also the economy by creating hostile workplaces and reducing the earning power of LGBT people,” said Christopher Anders, ACLU Senior Legislative Counsel, in a statement.
In order to pass ENDA, it is crucial that supporters meet with undecided legislators this summer while they are at home in their legislative districts without the press of DC business.
The “Inclusive ENDA” Facebook campaign provides a sign up sheet to meet with your U.S. Representative at http://bit.ly/xQo3a. Please sign up today.
If you want to know the position of each U.S. Representative, we have a spreadsheet at http://bit.ly/xQo3a
Email us at ENDAcampaign@gmail.com for more information.
Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
Co-chair, Inclusive ENDA campaign
I passed this law today (remember I make my own laws):
EQUALITY ACT 2009
(1) “no individual human being or groups of people on the basis of race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, color, disability, HIV status, age, gender or gender idenity, sexual orientation, marital status, career status, family status, economic status, etc – shall ever be discriminated against in these United States so help me God.
Penalty: minimum of 1 year imprisonment.
(2) this includes any sort of potential discrimination, harassment, imtimidation, vilification and any hatred, potential hatred or hate crimes against an individual or group, that is actual or percieved.”
Penalty: minimum of 30 years imprisonment for hate crimes.
Passed: 25/6/2009
Signed into law: 25/6/2009
Effective date: 1/7/2009
Marriage And Family Code Act 2009
“marriage means a union between any two (2) consenting adult persons”
Passed: 25/6/2009
Signed into law: 25/6/2009
Effective date: 1/7/2009
Actually, California law has banned discrimination based on sexual orientation for years. Moreover, the U.S. Supreme Court in the Oncale case ruled that men can be subject to sexual harassment under Title VII if the harassment is based on sex.
The important word in this article is “IF.” If the Bill passes that would be wonderful. I don’t think anybody is actually going to act on it.
Other things that would be nice IF they happened:
the dissolution of the republican party
actual separation of church and state
my own unicorn
… others to follow.
Gerry: Don’t get me wrong. I’d love to see this bill passed.
But all of the previous bills except one last year didn’t even make it out of committee. The one non-inclusive one last year passed the House but died in the Senate.
Personally, I doubt ENDA will pass this session. UAFA and the Matthew Shepard Act have better chances of passing before the midterm elections.
>I don’t gamble, but if I did, I’d bet this one dies in the Senate like the last eight ENDAs.
The last eight ENDAs had either a Republican controlled congress or a Republican president who would have vetoed it. Things are a bit different now. Plus, anti-discrimination polls much higher than marriage equality, so it should be more politically possible now than ever before.
Although I wish it included housing, this is a really good bill. We’ve had posts on this website from people in non-coastal, non-urban areas in which they’ve said that they really need some protections (only twenty states have this kind of state-wide protection). This bill is a solid step in providing federal protection for gay people *for* *the* *first* *time* ev-AH!
As for the previous comments…guys, please don’t dump on a good piece of legislation and the people who authored it just because it isn’t giving you something *else* that you wanted. It would really be a shame if we let this one slip away–hurting our brothers and sisters in the states with no anti-discrimination protection, because we cynically dismissed this bill as “unimportant.”
It’s perfectly possible for you to raise a toast to this bill getting passed (if it gets passed), and still angrily protest the other issues and trash Obama. You can do *both*!
I don’t gamble, but if I did, I’d bet this one dies in the Senate like the last eight ENDAs.
im sure this one will get swept under the rug just like the hate crime bill that was supposed to get a vote last week! meanwhile Transgenders are living in complete terror. They are all fucking liars!
Some bill need to be done, they’ve never done such as DOMA, UAFA, etc.
This kind of crappy bills, not that important than DOMA.. they act like it is so serious. Kinda Stupid.
What we should do, just repeal DOMA and sign it. so, everybill gonnabe LEGAl imclud discrimination or DADT…etc.
I think President Obama team, playing around charactor game not really know WHAT WE WANT??? and WHY WE VOTE FOR HIM??? sometimes, i feel he didn’t really 100% stand for our side.
Fine, better late than never. But it doesn’t address the
‘Federal Employment’ of those willing to die for us.