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One Story, Two Sides Rep. Frank questions the purpose of Get Equal's ENDA protes

Started by Shana A, April 23, 2010, 09:32:11 AM

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April 23, 2010, 09:32:11 AM
One Story, Two Sides
Rep. Frank questions the purpose of Get Equal's ENDA protest in House committee, but group's co-founder says they need to see action on job protections

by Chris Geidner
Published on April 22, 2010, 9:16am

http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=5121

''What a stupid thing to do.''

Those were the first words an agitated Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) spit out when commenting on the Get Equal protest that happened Wednesday morning, April 21, at a meeting of the House Education and Labor Committee.

On Sunday, the openly gay Frank said the committee would be marking up and voting on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) ''this week or next.'' The activists, led by Get Equal co-founder Robin McGehee, weren't waiting. Signs and markers in hand, they walked right up the aisle of the hearing room on Wednesday to Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.), offering him a marker to mark up the bill right then.
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