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Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA
H.R. 3017 & S.B. 1584
President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are quietly rushing through legislation (H.R. 3017 & S. 1584) that would actually bring cross-dressing teachers into your child’s classroom.
Under the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), your children will be trapped in classes taught by drag queens and transgender activists. Students will be indoctrinated that “alternative lifestyles” are no different than traditional lifestyles. Young children will be forced to learn about bizarre sexual fetishes – and you will have no say in the matter.
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Employment Non-Discrimination Act - ENDA
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), is a proposed federal law that would prohibit sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace. Sexual orientation discrimination currently is not explicitly prohibited under federal law. But just because it is not currently a protected class under federal law that doesn't mean employers don't need to be concerned about sexual orientation or gender-identity discrimination.
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Certain states have enacted discrimination laws that apply to homosexual, bisexual, and transsexual individuals. In some states, sexual orientation discrimination is prohibited only in certain municipalities. There have also been attempts to provide discrimination protections through court cases interpreting existing sex discrimination laws.
With the election of Barack Obama and the increased majorities of the Democratic Party in the House and Senate, it's highly probable that the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act will be passed. Bills prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination have been proposed in the past in Congress but have not been passed.
In past bills banning sexual orientation discrimination, the U.S. House of Representatives has included a section prohibiting discrimination based on "perceived" sexual orientation. That clause would permit a claim if an employee could prove that he was discriminated against because of another person's perception about him (i.e., being homosexual) even if the perception is wrong.
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The bills proposed in the House of Representatives also extend discrimination prohibitions to any individual based on his or her association with another individual based on that other person’s actual or perceived gender identity or sexual orientation. In other words, a claim could be made that an employee was discriminated against because he was friends with, worked closely with, or was related to a homosexual (or even heterosexual).
From a PRO PASS SITE:
http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/nondiscrimination/enda_main_page
Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) The Task Force Action Fund has been pushing for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) ENDA for years. While they had garnered tremendous momentum in 2009, the year ended without passing ENDA and securing workplace discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. In 2010, the Task Force along with partner organizations will continue ardently pushing Congress to pass a fully-inclusive ENDA.
The following is a recap of ENDA action undertaken thus far:
In December, the House Committee on Education and Labor postponed a mark-up of the bill and several organizations, including the Task Force, issued a joint statement to express its outrage over urging Congress to continue moving forward with ENDA after an apparent stall.
On Nov. 5, the Task Force submitted testimony to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee's hearing on ENDA, on the heels of testimony submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor Sept. 23, 2009.
From the ACLU:
http://www.aclu.org/hiv-aids_lgbt-rights/employment-non-discrimination-act