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UK Headline Of The Day

NOM just tweeted out the link to this story. Young Christians will be shut out of all public professions, including teachers, doctors, nurses or any kind of public servant if the “gay marriage” bill is passed, a group of religious leaders has warned the government. The ministers issued the warning in a letter to the Daily Telegraph on the same …

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Linda Harvey: Gays Deserve To Be Fired

“Shouldn’t an employer have the right to uphold high moral standards in his or her company? Or shouldn’t schools have the right to not have open homosexuals or cross-dresses modeling that lifestyle to kids? This does not deprive anyone of a job by the way, except those who insist on displaying these lifestyles to everyone and forcing their acceptance. Such …

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Sen. Harry Reid On ENDA

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Open Thread Thursday

Are you doing what you went to school to do?

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Editorial Of The Day

From the New York Times editorial board: Some conservative opponents of the act, known as ENDA, contend it would threaten religious freedom because its exemption for employers affiliated with religious organizations is too narrow. Actually, the proposed religious exemption is far too broad and needs to be scaled back. The American Civil Liberties Union and some gay rights groups rightly …

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Martina Navratilova On ENDA

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PENNSYLVANIA: Over 100 Lawmakers Cosponsor Broad LGBT Rights Bills

Over one hundred Pennsylvania legislators have cosponsored bills that will extend housing and workplace anti-discrimination protections to LGBT citizens. The bills have 77 sponsors in the House and 25 in the Senate. The bills will end the last vestige of legal discrimination in Pennsylvania, “discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression,” said Rep. Dan Frankel, …

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16 Of 30 NBA Teams

Via Freedom To Work.

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American Family Association: Gay People Should Face Job Discrimination

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ENDA To Be Reintroduced On Thursday

On Thursday the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) will be reintroduced in both the House and Senate. Chris Johnson reports at Washington Blade: The bill will be reintroduced in the House by Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), the most senior openly gay member of the chamber, who’s taking over the legislation now that former Rep. Barney Frank has retired. In the Senate, …

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LA GOP Rep Introduces Bill To Legalize Anti-Gay Employment Discrimination

Two weeks ago Louisiana GOP state Rep. Alan Seabaugh filed a bill that would effectively ban employment discrimination lawsuits filed on the basis of sexual orientation.  Equality Louisiana writes on their website: HB 402 by Rep. Alan Seabaugh (R-Shreveport) would require that any employment discrimination lawsuits filed for reasons other than a very short list of protected categories be automatically …

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We Need An Executive Order On LGBT Employees And Federal Contractors

In 2008 then-Sen. Obama promised to deliver an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.  Since then the White House has repeatedly said that a legislative solution that would affect all employers is the goal. But that goal, ENDA, very clearly is out of reach while the GOP controls …

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Writers To Joan Rivers Show: Pay Up

The writers of Fashion Police, which is co-hosted by Joan Rivers and produced by her daughter, Melissa, have filed a claim against against the  E! Network for $1M in back wages according to a complaint filed with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. The complainants say that “Fashion Police” ignores state laws that require an employer to pay hourly …

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Department Of Justice Launches LGBT Affirmative Action Program

As you can see, the news is causing an uproar across Teabagistan. The memo above was “obtained” and posted today by the right wing Pajamas Media. “Special emphasis programs” don’t belong in the Justice Department, or anywhere in a government based on equality, where a deep egalitarian tradition informs hiring decisions. Dedicated employment recruitment programs based on sexual orientation are …

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NYC Sick Leave Bill To Get A Vote

After years of being blocked by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the full Council will finally vote and likely overwhelmingly approve a bill that mandates paid sick leave.  The bill will be revised to exempt businesses with fewer than fifteen employees, a change that removes thousands of small retailers from its reach. The advocates said the legislation would provide paid …

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NEW YORK CITY: Anti-Labor Group Donates Big Bucks To Christine Quinn

The New York Daily News reports that a group opposing NYC’s pending bill to mandate paid sick leave has donated $370,000 to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s mayoral campaign. The business leaders were among the 180 people who penned an open letter to Quinn last summer arguing that mandating paid sick leave would be prohibitively costly for small businesses. They …

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Unemployment Drops To 7.7%

The February jobs report has been released. U.S. employers added 236,000 jobs to non-farm payrolls in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday, up from 119,000 in January. That was the best payroll growth since 247,000 jobs last November and the second-best month for job growth of the past 12 months. The unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent …

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Census Issues Commuting Study

From a newly released study by the US Census, which categorizes a “long commute” as longer than 60 minutes: Among U.S. workers who did not work at home, 8.1 percent had commutes of 60 minutes or longer in 2011. An estimated 61.1 percent of workers with “long commutes” drove to work alone, compared with 79.9 percent for all workers who …

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Lesbian Sues M&M Mars For Termination Over Sexuality And Pregnancy

A New Jersey lesbian is suing a division of M&M Mars after she was fired after coming out and taking sick time due to a difficult pregnancy. Theresa Kwiecinski, of Hampton, alleges that she was fired in September 2011 from Mars Chocolate North America after her co-workers learned of her sexuality, according to the civil complaint. She’d worked at the …

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Another Loss In Wyoming

Today the Wyoming Senate rejected a bill extending anti-discrimination protections to LGBT residents. Today’s loss follows the rejections of domestic partnerships and same-sex marriage, both of which failed earlier this week. The Wyoming Senate rejected a bill today that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The standing vote was 13 for the bill and 15 opposed. …

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