[transgendernews] [Commentary] [USA] New ENDA Language Still Falls Short
Meryl Sizemore
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CitizenLink - Colorado Springs, CO, USA
10-1-2007
New ENDA Language Still Falls Short
from staff reports
U.S. House committee will work on the legislation Tuesday.
A vote is just around the corner on the Employment Non-Discrimination
Act (ENDA) — a bill that gives homosexuals special rights in the
workplace. New language in the legislation removes the category of
"gender identity" and supposedly protects religious organizations, but
employers are still put between a rock and a hard place.
"We still have the problem that 'actual or perceived sexual
orientation' now would be considered a protected category," said
Ashley Horne, federal policy analyst with Focus on the Family Action.
"And we've only granted protected status to seven categories under
federal law."
Matt Barber with Concerned Women for America said ENDA doesn't protect
the freedom of conscience for Christians who run secular businesses.
"For instance, if a business owner who owned a small landscaping
company was a Christian, and he chose to not hire individuals who were
engaging in immoral sexual behavior, this bill would not protect him,"
he told Family News in Focus.
Horne's conclusion: ENDA is bad for business.
"A corporation's identity," she said, "depends upon its freedom to
make employment decisions that further its business needs and goals."
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CitizenLink Managing Editor Stuart Shepard takes a look at ENDA and
Newton's Third Law.
TAKE ACTION
Urge your U.S. representative to oppose ENDA. You can send an e-mail
through our Action Center.
http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005602.cfm
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