ENDA

Response from Jay Inslee on Co-Sponsoring the Respect for Marriage Act

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Ruby and has no comments yet.

I appreciate your co-sponsorship of ENDA, immigration laws that acknowledge our relationships, and of Federal employee benefits for same-sex partners.

However, your response to me regarding why you are not co-sponsoring HR 3567 seems–incomplete, if not disingenuous.

…One day we will have equal rights, whether you believe in them or not. I am asking you to be a leader on this issue. This is why we elected you–to lead, and to do what’s right for your constituents. My family are your constituents, and right now we have a small fraction of the rights that would be granted a heterosexual couple who, like us, had been legally wed.

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ENDA and the Religious Exemption

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Ruby and has no comments yet.

I would argue that religious organizations, for- and non-profit alike, should not be allowed to discriminate on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity in matters of employment. I can see that a person employed as, say, a minister, would have to belong to the religion as a job qualification. But do their accountants and school bus drivers have to drive and subtract with the blessing of the right God?

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