Congress to Gays: LA-LA-LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
December 4, 2009 10:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/12/congress_to_gays_la-la-la_i_cant_hear_you.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2009/12/congress_to_gays_la-la-la_i_cant_hear_you.php)
LGBT organizations have stepped forward to add their voices to those of LGBT citizens, allies and progressive groups calling for moving the Employment Non-Discrimination Act forward. But no amount of lobbying can make a difference if Congressman George Miller of the House Committee on Labor and Education chooses to ignore us.
After all, it's been almost a month since rumors surfaced of an ENDA delay, and three weeks since he abruptly cancelled the ENDA markup hearing, and he has made no statement on why or how or when or what, except to list three minor language tweaks. On November 17, the day after the terse postponement notice on the Committee's website, the Advocate stated "The ENDA markup will likely be delayed for two to three weeks, according to a Hill staffer, and should be rescheduled for sometime after the Thanksgiving holiday." Sometime, indeed.