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Title: ENDA should be top priority- Berry Says 'Don't Ask,' DOMA repeal should also be
Post by: Shana A on September 29, 2009, 09:05:33 AM
Post by: Shana A on September 29, 2009, 09:05:33 AM
ENDA should be top priority- Berry
Says 'Don't Ask,' DOMA repeal should also be pursued
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade
Sep 28 2009, 11:56 AM
http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=27385 (http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=27385)
The highest-ranking openly gay appointee in the Obama administration is encouraging LGBT Americans to make passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act their No. 1 priority and said its success would place within reach other civil rights goals.
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"The most important thing we can do right now is we got to ... secure the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act — and it's got to include full transgender protections," Berry said. "I believe that if we all concentrate our efforts where it needs to be concentrated, which is on the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, we can get the job done."
Says 'Don't Ask,' DOMA repeal should also be pursued
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade
Sep 28 2009, 11:56 AM
http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=27385 (http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=27385)
The highest-ranking openly gay appointee in the Obama administration is encouraging LGBT Americans to make passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act their No. 1 priority and said its success would place within reach other civil rights goals.
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"The most important thing we can do right now is we got to ... secure the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act — and it's got to include full transgender protections," Berry said. "I believe that if we all concentrate our efforts where it needs to be concentrated, which is on the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, we can get the job done."