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Title: New ENDA Language Still Falls Short
Post by: katia on October 02, 2007, 10:17:43 PM
Post by: katia on October 02, 2007, 10:17:43 PM
New ENDA Language Still Falls Short
http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005602.cfm
10/1/2007
'U.S. House committee will work on the legislation Tuesday.
A vote is just around the corner on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) — a bill that gives homosexuals special rights in the workplace. New language in the legislation removes the category of "gender identity" and supposedly protects religious organizations, but employers are still put between a rock and a hard place.
"We still have the problem that 'actual or perceived sexual orientation' now would be considered a protected category," said Ashley Horne, federal policy analyst with Focus on the Family Action. "And we've only granted protected status to seven categories under federal law."
http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005602.cfm
10/1/2007
'U.S. House committee will work on the legislation Tuesday.
A vote is just around the corner on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) — a bill that gives homosexuals special rights in the workplace. New language in the legislation removes the category of "gender identity" and supposedly protects religious organizations, but employers are still put between a rock and a hard place.
"We still have the problem that 'actual or perceived sexual orientation' now would be considered a protected category," said Ashley Horne, federal policy analyst with Focus on the Family Action. "And we've only granted protected status to seven categories under federal law."