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A bipartisan call for Congressional action on gay rights
By Greg Sargent

Could Obama’s announced support for gay marriage — which won’t have any real impact in legislative terms — help build momentum in other areas where Congress can act on gay rights?

A bipartisan group of Senators is going public today with a call for Senate hearings on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would expand the ban against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity for all but the smallest private-sector employers, I’m told.


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UPDATE: The hearings will happen. Senator Harkin’s office sends over a statement:

“Every American deserves an equal opportunity to earn a good living, judged by their talent, ability and qualifications free from discrimination. Workplace discrimination based on an employee’s sexual orientation or gender identity is reprehensible and has no place in our nation. This upcoming HELP Committee hearing will provide an excellent opportunity to build on the Committee’s previous work and help advance our shared goal of equal rights for all Americans. I am hopeful that working together, we will reach a point where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons enjoy the same rights and protections, and full equality, as all our fellow Americans.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/a-bipartisan-call-for-congressional-action-on-gay-rights/2012/05/10/gIQA6UAiFU_blog.html

http://www.whorange.net/.a/6a00e5506da99788330163056d894a970d-800wi

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