Chris Geidner of Buzzfeed reports that the push is on for a executive order from President Obama requiring federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees.
Led by the Human Rights Campaign, Freedom to Work and the American Civil Liberties Union, more than 50 organizations — from the AFL-CIO to the NAACP — sent a letter to Obama today asking him “to take an immediate step toward legal equality by signing [such] an executive order.”
In the letter, the organizations write, “Over the past 70 years, both Republican and Democratic presidents have used executive orders to ensure that taxpayer money is not wasted on workplace discrimination or harassment based on characteristics such as race, gender, and religion. These contractor policies exist to this day, and they cover almost one in four jobs throughout the United States. It is now time for an executive order ensuring the same workplace protections for LGBT Americans.”
37 Senators have signed on to a letter asking President Obama to issue the executive order.
This executive order would result in LGBT employees across the South gaining workplace protections. The Campaign for Southern Equality asks you to sign the petition.
