Tag Archives: employment

Apple CEO Tim Cook Backs ENDA

“Apple’s anti-discrimination policy goes beyond the legal protections U.S. workers currently enjoy under federal law, most notably because we prohibit discrimination against Apple’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees. A bill now before the U.S. Senate would update those employment laws, at long last, to protect workers against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. We urge senators to …

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60th Senator Comes On Board: Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) Backs ENDA

Sorry, Eugene! Tough titties, Brian Brown. We now have the necessary 60 votes to block a filibuster of ENDA. From the website of Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV): “After listening to Nevadans’ concerns about this issue from a variety of viewpoints and after numerous conversations with my colleagues, I feel that supporting this legislation is the right thing to do. Under …

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HomoQuotable – Brian Sims

“Dear Senator Toomey, As I am sure you know, the nation learned in the last several days that not only will the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) likely be put up for a long overdue vote next week by Sen. Harry Reid, but also that the three remaining members of the Senate Democratic Caucus who were not yet supporters of the …

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Perkins: It’s An ENDA Emergency!

“Imagine how many conservatives would find themselves in the unemployment line if ENDA were the law of the land! The workplace would be open season on people with religious convictions and beliefs. Christians (and people who follow most major religions) would be silenced and forced underground, while homosexuals and transgenders turn the business world into their strongest political platform. A …

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Equality Matters Debunks Fox On ENDA

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Marco Rubio On ENDA

From the spokesperson for Sen. Marco Rubio: “He believes people’s qualifications, performance and honesty are the most important qualities by which they should be judged in the workplace. If you’re a good worker, that’s all that should matter. This legislation goes far beyond protecting workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation, and he is currently studying what kinds of burdens …

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Cloture To Be Filed On ENDA

Geidner has more at Buzzfeed: Reid is likely to file a cloture petition on the bill this evening, a Democratic leadership aide told BuzzFeed Thursday, which would set a vote on the motion to proceed on debate of ENDA for Monday evening. If the motion to proceed, which requires 60 votes, is agreed to, the Senate would debate and eventually …

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Senate To Hear ENDA Next Week?

According Fred Sainz at the Human Rights Campaign, the Senate will hear ENDA next week. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed: “Late last night, Leader Reid informed Leader McConnell that the Senate will consider ENDA next week. It’s still unclear as to when Leader Reid will file for cloture,” Sainz said of the bill, which bans sexual orientation and gender identity …

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Tony Perkins On ENDA

“Dear Joe, ENDA would force religious business owners and workplaces such as Christian bookstores, religious publishing houses, pre-schools and religious television and radio stations to accept as normal any employee who has had a sex-change surgery, any employee who has changed or is ‘transitioning’ their public ‘gender identity’ (regardless of whether they have had surgery or hormone treatments), transvestites (people …

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) To Back ENDA

Great news. I’ll take down the petition post from earlier.

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Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) To Back ENDA

A spokesman for Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) has announced his plan to vote for ENDA, leaving only one Democratic holdout in the chamber. Via the Arkansas Times: Pryor, with West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, was one of only two Democrats who had not said they would vote for the legislation, which has had a long and difficult history in Congress. It …

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Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) Backs ENDA

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) has agreed to co-sponsor ENDA, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised yesterday will get a hearing before Thanksgiving. That leaves the bill just three votes short of the 60 needed to pass. There are now just two Democratic senators — Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) — who are not co-sponsors of the legislation, …

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Memo To Teabagistan

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Senate To Hear ENDA By Thanksgiving

Chris Geidner has the news at Buzzfeed: Majority Leader Harry Reid will announce on Monday that he will be bringing legislation banning anti-LGBT employment discrimination to the floor for consideration before Thanksgiving. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban most employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, was passed out of the Senate’s …

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Cindy McCain Signs ENDA Petition

After being collared by an HRC staffer in an Arizona outlet of Staples, Cindy McCain signed a petition that asks her husband to endorse ENDA. The Washington Post reports: Call it a bold canvassing move that paid off: An organizer for the Human Rights Campaign asked Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) wife Cindy to sign a postcard Thursday urging the senator …

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Perkins Continues Lies About ENDA

“If it passed, wedding photographers, cake makers, and bed and breakfast owners wouldn’t be the only ones punished for disagreeing with same-sex ‘marriage’ or homosexuality. Every business owner, regardless of their personal or moral beliefs, would be forced to make employment decisions solely on the basis of a person’s sexual preferences. What employees do in their bedrooms would suddenly become …

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SAN ANTONIO: Anti-Gay Groups Launch Recall Drive Against City Officials

Almost immediate after San Antonio passed an ordinance that added LGBT residents to employment and housing protections, anti-gay groups have launched a recall drive against Mayor Julian Castro and the members of the city council who voted for the measure. The San Antonio Current reports: After council members in Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (plus the Mayor) …

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On Yesterday’s Fast Food Strike

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Proctor & Gamble Backs ENDA

Consumer goods giant Proctor & Gamble has announced its support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. “With Proctor & Gamble’s support, we see once again corporate America leading the charge when it comes to ending workplace discrimination,” said Matt McTighe, campaign manager for Americans for Workplace Opportunity, in a statement. “Employees should be judged on their talents, and everyone should have …

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