Democrats Cave On Justice For LGBT Working Families
Filed By Rebecca Juro | July 22, 2011 8:00 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/07/democrats_cut_run_and_cave_on_justice_for_lower_an.phpThink about it: These days we hear Democrats and Republicans alike constantly talking about jobs, jobs, jobs. But when was the last time you heard President Obama, or any Congressional Democrat for that matter, talk about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), or even just the issue of LGBT workplace rights in general?
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Over the last few months, however, with the economy still in the crapper, jobs still hard to come by, with LGBT unemployment estimated at around double the national average, and with gays and lesbian workers in 29 states and transgender workers in 35 states still able to be legally fired from their jobs or refused employment altogether for no other reason than just being who we are, the silence from Democrats on LGBT workplace rights, particularly from the Party's leadership, has been nothing short of deafening. Not even newly-appointed DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz could bring herself to address the issue in her own Pride proclamation.
