Activists Arrested Protesting Nancy Pelosi On ENDA
By On Top Magazine Staff
Published: September 09, 2010
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=6368&MediaType=1&Category=26San Francisco outlets are reporting that nearly a dozen gay activists were arrested Thursday night protesting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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"Speaker Pelosi has repeatedly promised to schedule a vote on ENDA, but has yet to fulfill those promises," said Gabriel Haaland, spokesman for Pride at Work, in an GetEQUAL statement on the protest. "The overwhelming majority of Americans support it; the politicians promised it. No more broken promises. We demand that Speaker Pelosi stop blocking ENDA and schedule a vote, now."
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Some Arrests As Protesters Block Market And Castro Streets In SF
Posted: 5:57 pm PDT September 9, 2010Updated: 6:02 pm PDT September 9, 2010
http://www.ktvu.com/news/24948750/detail.htmlSAN FRANCSICO -- Police were arresting some of protesters blocking the intersection of Market and Castro streets in San Francisco Thursday evening as activists gathered to protest House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's position on equality for gay people in the workplace.
The group leading the protest, GetEQUAL, said on its website that Pelosi is "blocking legislation that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers from workplace discrimination."
