ENDA sit-ins take place at Pelosi's offices
News update Thursday, March 18, 2010
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25912Gay-rights activists staged sit-ins at the Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, Calif., offices of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi March 18, demanding that voting on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act ( ENDA ) take place on the House floor by the end of this month, according to
Advocate.com.
Eleven advocates on the West Coast and eight on the East Coast went to Pelosi's offices at about 3 p.m. CT. ( They had previously scheduled meetings with staff members. ) Then, the activists said they would not leave until Pelosi honored their request or until police officers removed them. Ten of them ended up being arrested—four in D.C. and six in San Francisco; they were fined $125 each and released.
