Stefanie wrote:
The law is not clear. If it were, we wouldn’t need ENDA. And I doubt that anyone here is taking cues from Rush Limbaugh. He simply pointed out what some in the House failed to recognize (or care about), and sometimes the truth hurts.

From the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as modified) which is THE law.

It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer -
(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual,
or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect
to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of
employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion,
sex, or national origin

Barney Frank's bill adds orientation to that list. Now if some shitheel in government is not standing up to the above statement, there is a very simple process to go through. You find US Attorney (and in some areas this will be difficult I understand, especially as fouled as the Bushies have made the current US Attorney system) to file suit for violation of Civil Rights. It wasn't pretty, but worked in the south when Bobby Kennedy ran DoJ, and the same principles all apply.

And if that list is not simple, clear and concise, it is because someone is deliberately trying to make it say something other than what it says, and they're most likely in violation of it.

And by the way, if you think this bill will help even if it's passed? Forget it. The first set of cases you'll see under it is conservatives suing gay bars for discrimination because they wouldn't hire their redneck asses.

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