Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin's Testimony On ENDA -- and FRC's reaction
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Sep 23, 2009 at 19:21:28 PM EDT

http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/13147/congresswoman-tammy-baldwin-testimony-on-enda

    Without ENDA, these Americans do not have basic protections against workplace discrimination.

    ~Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, House Committee on Education and Labor, September 23, 2009

UPDATE FROM PAM: It didn't take long for the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins to start bleating about Rep. Baldwin in an e-blast...

Lesbian Congresswoman's Crashing Symbols

Pro-family Americans need to be at least as concerned about the symbolism as the substance of the "Employment Non-Discrimination Act" (H.R. 3017), which would extend civil rights protections to homosexuals, bisexuals, transsexuals, and cross-dressers. That much was clear after today's hearing on the bill in the House Education and Labor Committee, which was attended by FRC's Peter Sprigg. Advocates of the bill pooh-poohed the idea that it would lead to a flood of litigation, but acknowledged that it would have tremendous symbolic significance.