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No Room for "Compromise" on Equality for All!
THERE IS NO ROOM FOR "COMPROMISE" ON ENDA
Workplace non-discrimination legislation must include sexual orientation AND gender identity
House Democratic leaders have expressed their intent to remove non-discrimination provisions covering transgender persons from the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
The professed justification for including some LGBT people and not others is that ENDA may not pass if transgender-inclusive language is part of the bill. This would mean that, even if the bill were to pass and become law, it would still be legal in the vast majority of states, including Texas, to fire someone from their job simply because of their gender identity and/or expression.
At Equality Federation and in the states, our mission is the elimination of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.
We need you to let your U.S. Representative and the House leadership know that you support ENDA as it is written NOW - including gender identity. Our elected leaders need to know that supporters of LGBT equality do NOT support legislation that protects some community members and not others.
There is no room for "compromise" when the subject is equality for all.
With one click, you can take action now.
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Subject: Do NOT remove gender identity language from ENDA!
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
I am writing to ask you to support HR 2015, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), as it is currently written - including BOTH gender identity and sexual orientation.
Taking gender identity language out of the bill would leave millions of Americans vulnerable to losing their jobs.
As Americans, we believe it is a basic right of all our citizens to be judged in the workplace by our qualifications and our job performance - not by the color of our skin, the name of our religion, the country of our birth, our sexual orientation, or our gender identity.
I believe that the passage of ENDA is necessary to prohibit discrimination in the workplace based solely on someone's sexual orientation or gender identity.
As one of your constituents, I strongly urge you to oppose any effort to remove any segment of our community from the ENDA legislation. All Americans deserve to be protected from wrongful firing, including transgender Americans. Please do your part to protect all members of the GLBT community.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
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