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Title: What's Next For 'ENDA With No Gender'?
Post by: Kate Thomas on November 11, 2007, 11:38:26 PM


The Nation
Fri Nov 9, 6:59 PM ET (http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20071109/cm_thenation/15250550)
Expect the Senate to also keep transgendered people in the rhetoric but not the legislation. A press release yesterday by Massachusetts Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy pointed out that, "Today it's perfectly legal in most states to fire an employee because of sexual orientation or gender identity." Kennedy declared that, "America stands for justice for all" and "Congress must make clear that when we say 'all' we mean all."