Good News (Hate Crime Bill), Bad News (ENDA, again)
Posted on September 27, 2007
Filed Under News, lgbT |
Good news: Matthew Shepherd Act (Federal Hate Crime Bill) passed the Senate Floor by a 60-39 margin and is on its way to President Bush’s desk.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5171206.html
Bad news: Bush has vowed to veto the bill.
Worst news: Leaders of the House may strip gender identity from ENDA.
http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?date=2007/09/27/6
The twist: It was just confirmed that leadership of the House has stripped gender identity from ENDA. They are working on “splitting” it into two bills - one on sexual orientation and one on gender identity. The plan is to run the sexual orientation ENDA through the House next week.
A number of national LGBT organizations have signed on to a statement opposing the split bills. The current list includes:
National Center for Lesbian Rights;
National Center for Transgender Equality;
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force;
National Stonewall Democrats;
National Coalition for LGBT Health;
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Projects;
PFLAG and the AFL-CIO’s Pride at Work.
HRC has not yet taken a public stand.
What to do?
Call your Representatives (especially Speaker Pelosi and Rep. George Miller) today and urge them to put gender identity back to the bill.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House)
California-8th, Democrat
235 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515-0508
Phone: (202) 225-4965
Hon. George Miller (Chair, Committee on Education and Labor)
California-7th, Democrat
2205 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-0507
Phone: (202) 225-2095
You can find your Representative’s listing at http://www.house.gov
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