Why should Congress address employment discrimination against gay, lesbian and bisexual workers?
During the last fifty years, Congress has responded when it found that the merit system was not working, and that some Americans were being denied employment for reasons that were arbitrary and unfair, such as discrimination based on race, religion, gender, national origin, and disability. When Congress has found such discrimination, its response has been to pass laws aimed at restoring the merit system by making sure that arbitrary considerations do not govern access to employment. Those laws, we believe, have been — and continue to be — an essential part of making the Fourteenth Amendment’s promise of equal protection of the law a reality. ENDA offers this Congress the opportunity to ensure workplace equality for everyone by protecting lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals from discrimination in employment. Why does the legislation only address discrimination that occurs in the workplace? In most circumstances in America today, employment is essential to any kind of a decent life, and c
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