Obama White House, Campaign Silent on Federal Contractor LGBT Nondiscrimination Policy QuestionsPosted by Chris Geidner | March 12, 2012 4:50 PM
http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2012/03/obama-white-house-campaign-sil.htmlSince Metro Weekly's exclusive reporting on March 8 that then-candidate Sen. Barack Obama told the Houston GLBT Political Caucus in February 2008 that as president he would support a nondiscrimination policy based on sexual orientation and gender identity for federal contractors, the White House and Obama campaign have not responded to any questions about the issue.
The most discussed way for Obama to implement such a nondiscrimination policy would be through an executive order. Metro Weekly reported in January that several sources outside the administration familiar with the process said that such a proposed federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order that would include sexual orientation and gender identity has been given the okay by both the Labor Department, which oversees federal contract compliance, and the Justice Department and that the executive order proposal is at the White House.
