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LA Times: ENDA a ?necessary step?

By Alliance Alert

Los Angeles Times editorial: "The heated legal and political battle over Proposition 8 might suggest that marriage equality is the last barrier to full participation in society for gays and lesbians. In fact, blatant discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation remains permissible in workplaces across the nation, an injustice Congress must rectify . . . That would change with enactment of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act . . . Democratic leaders in both houses should expedite consideration of the bill as this Congress nears its conclusion. If they don't, President Obama should press them to act. Gays, lesbians and transgendered employees are still subjected to unequal treatment and harassment. Enacting ENDA is a moral as well as a political imperative."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 09, 2010 (boomark / email).