US: Human Rights Campaign continues to support ENDA despite religious ‘license..

[Olivia P]

US: Human Rights Campaign continues to support ENDA despite religious 'license to discriminate'

9th July 2014, 12:40 PM
Nick Duffy

The Human Rights Campaign continues to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, despite LGBT groups claiming it could lead to a religious 'license to discriminate' against gays.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act – which would ban homophobic discrimination in the workplace – has been stalled by Republicans in the US House of Representatives since last year.

However, following a series of compromises which strengthen religious freedom exemptions, yesterday the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the American Civil Liberties Union both announced their withdrawal of support for the measure.

More: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/07/09/us-human-rights-campaign-continues-to-support-enda-despite-religious-license-to-discriminate/

Update: HRC goes halfsies on standing with the other groups: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chadhgriffin/why-hrc-supports-a-comprehensive-lgbt-civil-rights-bill

[ashley_thomas]

transgender law center and other LGBT groups also withdrew their support

[janetcgtv]

Boy if transgender law center and other LGBT groups withdraw their support, we may as well give up having a rights in the USA and move to Iran and Iraq or any other Moslem countries and stand in front of a wall  and be stoned to death.

[skin]

Update: HRC goes halfsies on standing with the other groups: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chadhgriffin/why-hrc-supports-a-comprehensive-lgbt-civil-rights-bill

[skin]

Boy if transgender law center and other LGBT groups withdraw their support, we may as well give up having a rights in the USA and move to Iran and Iraq or any other Moslem countries and stand in front of a wall  and be stoned to death.

I think you need to reread why they are withdrawing support.  It is because the current version of the bill has too many religious exemptions.  They're all still pushing for ENDA to be passed (or adding sexual orientation/gender identity to Title VII), they just are no longer supporting passage of the current version.

[Amy The Bookworm]

I think you need to reread why they are withdrawing support.  It is because the current version of the bill has too many religious exemptions.  They're all still pushing for ENDA to be passed (or adding sexual orientation/gender identity to Title VII), they just are no longer supporting passage of the current version.

And, let's be honest: The house isn't going to hear the current version so long as John Boehner is in office. So we may as well start working on a new version anyway.