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Republican Speaker of the US House John Boehner yesterday came out in opposition to legislation banning employment discrimination against gays (ENDA). Then, in a move intended to somehow deflect...
View ArticleENDA passes US Senate: 64-32; Boehner opposes passage in House
The US Senate today passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation banning workplace discrimination against gay and transgender people, by a hefty 64 t0 32 margin. The bill only...
View ArticleColbert on ENDA: “Make[s] it illegal to discriminate against lesbians, gays,...
Stephen Colbert weighs in on the US Senate’s passage yesterday of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation that would make it illegal to discriminate in employment based on sexual...
View ArticleObama to mandate minimum wage increase for govt contractors, but not ENDA?
The White House disclosed this morning that during his State of the Union address this evening, President Obama will announce an increase in the minimum wage for federal contract workers. By using his...
View ArticleBoehner says no to ENDA, so where’s the executive order Mr. President?
Republican Speaker of the US House John Boehner today told the House LGBT (aka gay) caucus that the US House will not pass ENDA, a gay jobs bill, this year. ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act,...
View ArticleSC mayor fires lesbian police chief, says rather have drunks than gays...
Earl Bullard, the mayor of Latta, South Carolina, is in some hot water after firing the town’s openly-lesbian police chief, Crystal Moore, apparently because she’s gay. Latta was caught on tape...
View ArticleGawker: Fox News demoted Shep Smith because he’s gay
Gawker is reporting that Fox News discriminated against longtime anchor Shepard Smith because Smith is gay and decided last year to finally, officially, come out. If true, Fox News’ actions could...
View ArticleENDA, we hardly knew ya
In a scenario that will look all too familiar to those who were watching in 2007, we’re about to kill ENDA again. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (aka ENDA) is legislation that would ban...
View ArticleObama to sign executive order protecting gay, trans staff of federal contractors
The White House has told the Huffington Post that President Obama will (soon?) sign an executive order banning job discrimination by most federal contractors against their gay and transgender...
View ArticleSenate committee passes ENDA (gay jobs bill) with support from GOP’s Hatch,...
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation to make it illegal under federal law to fire someone for being gay or trans (sexual orientation and gender identity are not covered under...
View ArticleWhen the South starts giving up on gay marriage, it’s time for the GOP to at...
Republican Speaker of the US House John Boehner yesterday came out in opposition to legislation banning employment discrimination against gays (ENDA). Then, in a move intended to somehow deflect...
View ArticleENDA passes US Senate: 64-32; Boehner opposes passage in House
The US Senate today passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation banning workplace discrimination against gay and transgender people, by a hefty 64 t0 32 margin. The bill only...
View ArticleColbert on ENDA: “Make[s] it illegal to discriminate against lesbians, gays,...
Stephen Colbert weighs in on the US Senate’s passage yesterday of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation that would make it illegal to discriminate in employment based on sexual...
View ArticleObama to mandate minimum wage increase for govt contractors, but not ENDA?
The White House disclosed this morning that during his State of the Union address this evening, President Obama will announce an increase in the minimum wage for federal contract workers. By using his...
View ArticleBoehner says no to ENDA, so where’s the executive order Mr. President?
Republican Speaker of the US House John Boehner today told the House LGBT (aka gay) caucus that the US House will not pass ENDA, a gay jobs bill, this year. ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act,...
View ArticleSC mayor fires lesbian police chief, says rather have drunks than gays...
Earl Bullard, the mayor of Latta, South Carolina, is in some hot water after firing the town’s openly-lesbian police chief, Crystal Moore, apparently because she’s gay. Latta was caught on tape...
View ArticleGawker: Fox News demoted Shep Smith because he’s gay
Gawker is reporting that Fox News discriminated against longtime anchor Shepard Smith because Smith is gay and decided last year to finally, officially, come out. If true, Fox News’ actions could...
View ArticleENDA, we hardly knew ya
In a scenario that will look all too familiar to those who were watching in 2007, we’re about to kill ENDA again. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (aka ENDA) is legislation that would ban...
View ArticleObama to sign executive order protecting gay, trans staff of federal contractors
The White House has told the Huffington Post that President Obama will (soon?) sign an executive order banning job discrimination by most federal contractors against their gay and transgender...
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