Obama Presses Congress to Pass Anti-Discrimination Law in Blog Post
President Barack Obama has called on Congress to pass legislation that would make it illegal to discriminate in hiring and employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
In a blog post published Sunday evening on the Huffington Post, Obama urged lawmakers to vote yes on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). The Senate is expected to have a cloture vote on the bill Monday.
“In America of all places, people should be judged on the merits: on the contributions they make in their workplaces and communities, and on what Martin Luther King Jr. called ‘the content of their character.’ That’s what ENDA helps us do,” Obama writes.
He adds: “When Congress passes it, I will sign it into law, and our nation will be fairer and stronger for generations to come.”
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