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Obama Signs Historic LGBT Non-Discrimination Order
By Mark Joseph Stern
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Well done, Mr. President.
Photo by Martin H. Simon-Pool/Getty Images
On Monday morning, President Obama signed an executive LGBT non-
discrimination order, barring discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation or gender identity among federal contractors. The order also
protects all federal employees from discrimination on the basis of gender
identity. Crucially, Obama did not include the broad religious exemption
that some faith leaders had begged the White House for. (These requested
exemptions would have allowed religiously affiliated corporations to fire
gay and trans workers with impunity.) The executive order does, however,
preserve a Bush-era exemption that allows religiously affiliated contractors
to continue to preference workers of a certain religion.
The president’s action on job discrimination is probably his biggest single
gay rights accomplishment since signing the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t
tell.” As the gay marriage battle draws to a close, Obama repeatedly
targeted LGBT job discrimination as the next frontier of gay rights, urging
Congress to outlaw it through federal legislation. But the Republican-
controlled House has refused to countenace any sort of LGBT non-
discrimination law, even after a bipartisan coalition pushed a weak bill
through the Senate. That bill recently lost support from gay rights groups
in the wake of Hobby Lobby thanks to its broad religious exemptions,
officially flat-lining the effort for the foreseeable future.
Obama’s executive order won’t help nearly as many workers as federal
legislation would, though it’s estimated that his ordinance will protect an
impressive 20 percent of the American labor force. His order is also a
moral victory for the LGBTQ movement, which fretted that Hobby Lobby would
lead to a new era of discrimination under the guise of religious liberty.
Although the debate over religious exemptions remains fierce and unsettled,
Obama’s refusal to hand religiously affiliated companies a special license
to discriminate suggests his administration has not bought into the notion
that legalizing bigotry is necessary to preserve religious freedom. | m******1
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: http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/07/21/obama_signs_histo
: Obama Signs Historic LGBT Non-Discrimination Order
: By Mark Joseph Stern
: .CROP.promo-mediumlarge.jpg
: Well done, Mr. President.
: Photo by Martin H. Simon-Pool/Getty Images
: On Monday morning, President Obama signed an executive LGBT non-
: discrimination order, barring discrimination on the basis of sexual
: orientation or gender identity among federal contractors. The order also
: protects all federal employees from discrimination on the basis of gender
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发帖数: 19713 | 4 嗯，只是保护federal contractor的，也不知道全美有多少federal contractor...
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: 总算签了。但是影响还是有限。
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