Instead of working for equality, it appears that some have been working behind the scenes to rescue the political face of a doomed, unsupported, and unsupportable ENDA "strategy",
At the same time, has the HRC committed to the same level of funding for "full ENDA" in the post Barney-Frank-debacle period?
producing a "coalition of the unwilling", including the AFL-CIO, who I think have quite a few members in the great state of Illinois, among others, where they have State gender identity statues already on the books.One has to take notice that no companies signed this short-sighted, backward-looking letter of "support". They are the ones affected. (What a farce this has become!).
Moral and principled advocates for equality can disagree on strategies but we should never question each others commitment to the common goal of equality we all share. - HRC Backstories
At the same time, has one seen the HRC commit to the same level of funding for full ENDA in the post Barney Frank debacle period?
If they do, that'd be something. Until then, we're allowed to question, I think, right? Especially when letters providing political cover come out of the woodwork just before a vote? ... You can't make this stuff up.
Behind the curve: Congressional Democrats ready to lag the country AND abandon principle of workplace non-discrimination to do it. Every sucessful State action since 2002 ...
| Both GI and SO | % | TG Added | SO only | % | Added | |
| Minnesota | 1.8% | 1993 | Wisconsin | 1.8% | 1982 | |
| Rhode Island | 0.5% | 2001 | Massachusetts | 2.3% | 1989 | |
| New Mexico | 0.7% | 2003 | Connecticut | 1.1% | 1991 | |
| California | 12.2% | 2003 | New Hampshire | 0.5% | 1997 | |
| Illinois | 4.4% | 2005 | Nevada | 0.7% | 1999 | |
| Maine | 0.5% | 2005 | Maryland | 1.8% | 2001 | |
| Hawaii | 0.5% | 2005 | New York | 6.7% | 2002 | |
| New Jersey | 3.0% | 2006 | 14.9% | |||
| Washington | 2.1% | 2006 | Trans Lcl Ordinance | -4.2% | ||
| Iowa | 1.1% | 2007 | SO Only Lcl Ordinance | 4.5% | ||
| Oregon | 1.1% | 2007 | Net Total SO: | 15.2% | ||
| Vermont | 0.2% | 2007 | 2008 - Barney Frank rollback | |||
| Colorado | 1.6% | 2007 | ||||
| 29.7% | Total Population | 53.2% | ||||
| Local Ordinance | 8.3% | Covered: | ||||
| Total: | 38.0% |
