Good As You: ENDA Roundup
02/04/2011
CounT with a capital 'T': New transgender survey hailed as landmark, overdue
Inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA): Here's the latest fire for your overdue arse: Transgender people live with a bulls-eye on their backs. Anyone who denies this fact -- so hard for some to swallow in the wake of recent victories...
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11/22/2010
Employing discrimination as an act: Far-right back to pushing the 'ENDA will tie our hands' charade
Gary Cass of DefendChristians.org works the far-right line on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA): "Theoretically, we could be faced with situations such as transgendered or homosexual activists applying for jobs at churches or ministries, even though they don't affirm the...
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07/28/2010
Is GetEQUAL just visiting the Capitol, or....
The GetEQUAL folks are currently at the Capitol. Could this mean something? @GetEqual Stay tuned. **UPDATE: Okay, something's definitely happening: @ltdanchoi **EVEN MORE: **And now a pic: *12:20 ET: Now they're sitting. Photo from Chris Geidner: @ChrisGeidner [TwitPic] **And now...
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07/24/2010
Video: Speaker Pelosi on ENDA #nn10
The speaker speaks on merit, if not timeline. Only a minor shout out from the GetEQUAL folks: Thoughts? *** ***UPDATE: Karen Ocamb has transcript and more: LGBTPOV
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05/28/2010
Audio: Firing gays is bright and brilliant?
It's not that talk show host Penna Dexter is so much concerned about her tangible right to discriminate, should the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA) become law. Np, no -- she's really more worried that we're going to become a "bland"...
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05/13/2010
On the Eagle and an equally baldfaced American group
American Eagle, per their own comments, never wanted to discriminate again transgender employees. Their employment policies just needed a little updating on a paper level, so that "personal appearance" standards would not show unfair bias against T employees. When pressed...
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Audio: Focus on the Family's script demands resistance to Elena, ENDA. Here's how they justify it
Focus on the Family's Jim "But I'm really a nicer, non-Dobson kind of leader eventhough my organization is just as hostile to gay CIVIL rights (on the basis of personal, chosen faith) as it ever was" Daly, Tom "openly gay...
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04/27/2010
Giving you $15 lies for free: The one time we *do* wanna use ENDA to put FRC out of business
Last week we showed you a preview for a rabidly fallacious new video that the Family Research Council has produced in conjunction with its new "Fight ENDA" website. But now we can save you the $14.95 that FRC is charging...
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04/25/2010
Video: Losing ENDA marbles, finding them in mouth
This actual conservative "news" clip: *Clip Source: Today's News, 4/18 [Clean TV] Reminds us of this:
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04/21/2010
Ruckus for rights: Another day, another GetEQUAL protest
Protesters with GetEQUAL, the group behind yesterday's White House protest over Don't Ask Don't Tell, just disrupted a House Education and Labor Committee hearing to press for immediate markup of the Employment NonDiscrimination Act: GetEQUAL [Twitter] Apparently they attempted to...
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04/20/2010
Video: 'I think that goes to show that you don't really understand psychology'
And now for your "why the hell does the mainstream media keep putting this person up as a credible voice of dissension?" moment of the day: Watch the Human Rights Campaign's Allyson Robinson take on/get viciously maligned by Andrea Lafferty...
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Because for an elected (D) in NY, this *is* an employment protection
Sen. Gillibrand's Facebook wall Thank you, Senator. This New Yorker will surely work to see that you are not fired on the basis of your "she just gets it" orientation.
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And yes, Mr. Nimocks: Straw men can be fired on the basis of their bullsh*t-iness
Speaking about the supposed limitations that workplace non-discrimination protections for LGBT people will supposedly pose to Christian business owners, the A Lie in Defiance of Fun Alliance Defense Fund's Austin Nimocks says this: "A law that would require an organization...
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04/09/2010
0 out of a gajillion credible scientists agree: Under ENDA there will be 547 sexual orientations
You thought it was bad when the Traditional Values Coalition listed 30 paraphilias that would supposedly be classified as "sexual orientations" under the Employment NonDiscrimination Act (even though credible science has already nipped that absurdity in the bud)? Yea, well,...
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Attacks like this one on Autumn will lead to Pete's Fall
One thing many of us who cover these so-called "culture wars" frequently find startling about Peter LaBarbera, and a big reason why many of us suspect that the "Americans For Truth" leader recently caught the attention of the Southern Poverty...
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04/08/2010
TVC's 'Dirty Thirty': At least they're admitting their lies are covered in mud
For years, we watched as the Traditional Values Coalition (an SPLC-designated "hate group") tried to lump a whole host of paraphilias into the realm of what the scientific community considers to exist under the umbrella of sexual orientation, so as...
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04/07/2010
Audio: 'I believe there is a direct connection [to pedophilia]'
What does the opposition to the Employment NonDiscrimination Act sound like when talking amongst themselves? Well listen to this little nugget that Virginia's Bishop E.W. Jackson shared with Christian radio host Janet Porter on yesterday's ENDA-specific show: (click to play)...
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04/05/2010
If only there were a law requiring 'WorldNetDaily' to hire truthful fact checkers
This ENDA-decrying headline has been running on WorldNetDaily all weekend: [source] Right. Except, you know, for the fact that the Employment Nondiscrimination Act explicitly nips the quota claim in the bud: (f) No Preferential Treatment or Quotas- Nothing in this...
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03/31/2010
Prez undermines nation in support of Islam, Dems give cover to pedophiles, trans citizens make up 'freak show': What are 'thoughts conducive to landing a CBN punditry gig,' Alex?
-The Traditional Values Coalition's Executive Director, Andrea Lafferty, has said things like this about our president: "Now, he’s destroying a day of mourning for the victims of 9/11 by turning into a community work project for Muslims. How dare he...
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03/18/2010
BLOGSWARM: For a good and non-discriminatory time, call Nancy
When bloggers want to make a point about phone calls, they often use this familiar image of Ernestine the telephone operator: Well we're doing the same, because today we want you to call Nancy Pelosi (you two are friends, right?)...
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03/09/2010
Stop ENDA or, uhm, God will steal the sun. Or something.
Southern Poverty Law Center hate group The Traditional Values Coalition has a new website designed solely for the purpose of stopping the Employment NonDiscrimination Act. So considering this is the far-right we're talking about, all of the text and imagery...
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12/04/2009
Getting EN on the Act: On whether bill should move, pro gays say 'duh'
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act has been delayed. That's not okay, say twenty-three of our movement's organized directors/fighters/lobbyists/fundraisers/rainmakers/lawyers/earners/fancy dinner-throwers: LGBT AMERICANS OUTRAGED AT DELAY IN BASIC JOB RIGHTS In light of continuing delays in the House of Representatives, we must state...
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11/20/2009
Their bullcaca will never ENDA
The religious right is simply unbelievable in the way that they take any sort of bone that our side might throw to them, and flip it so that it instead sounds like a bomb. Like take this quip, attributed to...
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11/09/2009
Parshall's ENDA ('Exotic' Nonsense Demeaning Actuality)
"exotic new value systems" The above is how Craig Parshall (pic, l.), National Religious Broadcasters executive and husband to extremely anti-gay talk radio host Janet Parshall, recently described the protections contained with the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA). At a Senate...
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11/05/2009
Perez v. Bias
Via 1600 Pennsylvania comes this, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act testimony of Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez: AAG Perez.testimony.11.05.09
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09/30/2009
Video: The United Southern Baptists of Gohmertville
You have to wonder: Rep. Louie Gohmert (Very Far R-TX) does know that he's a Congressman of the United States and not of the Baptist Church, right?" Watch this: AIM: DC Conversations - Rep. Louie Gohmert and Sen. James Inhofe...
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Perception as a weapon: We'd de-arm both employers and Tony P.
In order to help make their anti-ENDA case, "pro-family" folks like the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins have been turning to attacks on the "perceived sexual orientation" aspect of the measure, saying dismissive things about those who've filed discrimination suits...
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09/29/2009
Dear 'Concerned Woman' Lindsey Douthit:
Ms. Douthit: We see that you, writing on behalf of the Concerned Women For America, have decided to preserve yet another set of unfair denunciations of the Employment Discrimination Act to the annals of recorded history: Let’s Be Frank, Mr....
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09/25/2009
Video: And they wonder why they weren't invited on the committee panel?!
Hey Carrie Gordon Earll, professional "ex-gay" advocate: ENDA protects on the basis of sexual orientation in general, not just homosexuality/bisexuality in particular! So if someone decides they want to get with someone of the opposite-sex after being with someone of...
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09/24/2009
Is Bruce Hausknecht deliberately missing the point?
On Monday, we showed you how Focus on the Family writer was failing to actually acknowledge the real, on-the-ground concerns that DOMA poses to gay-headed families, with the conservative figure instead choosing to talk about children only as a liberal...
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ENDA begins anew
Principled repudiation of shameful discrimination:
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09/03/2009
Audio: Basically to FOF, a Christian can never be rightfully terminated
After Hewlett-Packard put up posters meant to encourage acceptance of gay people, Richard Peterson, a worker in the company's Boise, ID, office, decided to "retaliate" by posting scriptures that he considers to be gay condemnatory, on his work cubicle, in...
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08/21/2009
Photo: They see a storm, we see shelter
In order to drum up fear of employment non-dsicrimination, Focus on the Family is running this stormy graphic: TAKE ACTION: Lawmakers Push Special Rights for Gay Employees [FOF] We just wonder why they cropped the photo so as to not...
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08/13/2009
CWA's NRA (Non-Rational Association)
If you wanted to foster rational debate on a topic like employment non-discrimination, what graphical accoutrement would you use? A pink slip, perhaps? A stock photo of an employee in an obvious end-of-paycheck scenario, maybe? Or since the LGBT community...
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08/05/2009
Excellent. Maybe this year we can fight our opposition rather than each other
It's a historic day in D.C. That's because for the first time, a fully inclusive version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) has been introduced in the Senate: Said HRC President Joe Solmonese: “The introduction of an inclusive employment non-discrimination...
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06/28/2009
While we were away: 'House meet ENDA, ENDA meet House'
Congressman Barney Frank has once again introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (the good, inclusive version) into the House: Harry Gural, Frank’s press secretary, said the representative initially introduced the legislation June 19 but the list of cosponsors — 10 at...
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03/26/2009
HRC T's up for more peaceful ENDA discourse
Remember in 2007, when their failure to oppose a non-inclusive ENDA led many LGBT activists to Harangue/Ridiculue/Challenge HRC? Well happily, the future seems more Hopeful Regarding Cooperation on passing an inclusive measure: The board of directors of the Human Rights...
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07/28/2008
Non-inclusive ENDA: A fight with a non-foreseen end-a
The Human Rights Campaign/ transgender community rift continues. This report from San Francisco: Keeping the T in LGBT [Castro in the Streets] **More from the weekend event: Lesbian Says Security Assaulted Her During SF HRC Dinner [Towle] LA Mayor Joins...
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05/07/2008
Lying, however, might get you fired
In a newly issued Action Alert, those artisans of bullshitake at the American Family Association make a buttload of flawed assertions about ENDA (The Employment Non-Discrimination Act). This one really annoyed us: ENDA is aimed at providing heightened protections for...
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04/02/2008
T. Kennedy takes ENDA step; T. Community unlikely to applaud
Apparently bored with only dealing with the Clintonites who are pissed that he endorsed Obama, Sen. Ted Kennedy has found a new way to divide progressives' opinions of his political stances. How? Well, the longtime gay rights champion has announced...
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02/25/2008
Solmonese: It's an all-inclusive marathon, not a trans-vacating sprint
Saturday night in NYC, the Human Rights Campaign's Joe Solmonese again defended the organization's stance on a non-inclusive ENDA as just one bump in a long road, saying that the LGBT community is "in the grueling, blinding middle of this...
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02/22/2008
NYC weekend: Some will be yellin', some will be schmoozin'
Tomorrow night, while Human Rights Campaign friends and supporters are getting all gussied up for their annual NYC fundraising gala, another group of LGBT individuals and allies will be outside the Hilton Ballroom protesting what they see as the organization's...
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11/28/2007
Amidst cries of 'tease!,' HRC loses 'T's
If ever there was a group in need of a trans-formation, its HRC. After months of community discontent over what was perceived as HRC's wavering stance on a non-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, transgender activists Jamison Green And Donna Rose yesterday...
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11/09/2007
ENDA: The shelter, not the storm
As the continue their fear-mongering over the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the folks at Focus on the Family have today put out this image: Our only question: Why didn't they show the full picture? Republicans Switch Over to Pass Dangerous ENDA...
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11/08/2007
Matt sings the classics
As expected, our ol' pal Matt Barber has seized the opportunity to lash out against the House for yesterday passing ENDA (The Employment Non-Discrimination Act). And in doing so, Matthew has recycled all of the classic anti-ENDA lines that we've...
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11/07/2007
ENDA: A snapshot
235-184 -- ENDA passes the House. Some are happy it got through. Some are pissed it's non-inclusive. It's historic, no matter where you stand. **UPDATE: Tammy Baldwin, who tried unsuccessfully to make the bill inclusive once again, has promptly released...
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Audio: Signorile's no softball fan
Michelangelo Signorile & Joe Solmonese debated yesterday about something other than whose "S"-headed last name is most often mispronounced. The subject instead: An inclusive ENDA. Have a listen to the slightly heated discussion: powered by ODEO **Thanks to Pam for...
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11/05/2007
ENDA chatter to BEGIN-Anew
Gay City News is reporting that the much-debated ENDA (The Employment Non-Discrimination Act) will finally head to the House floor at some point this week: BREAKING NEWS -- ENDA Heading to Floor This Week [Gay City News] So how's it...
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10/23/2007
White House: No Gay-Centric Veto Left Behind
Following speculation from "anti-gay" activists like Peter LaBarbera that Pres. Bush might sign ENDA (The Employment Non-Discrimination Act) if it made it to his desk, the White House has issues a statement saying that "[t]he bill raises concerns on constitutional...
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Well at least he's not accusing us of firebombing churches
The Concerned Women For America's Matt Barber has some very long-winded statements to make about ENDA (The Employment Non-Discrimination Act). Unfortunately, the totality of that long wind contains about as much value as the fart that just escaped from the...
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