10/21/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"Clearly we are not there yet. Clearly we have more work to do."
"We were a leader on antidiscrimination from the very beginning. In 1993, we began protecting LGBTQ people against workplace discrimination."
"We know that LGBTQ Americans continue to face violent attacks, and there's hateful rhetoric dehumanizing them."
"Every American deserves equal access to civil rights and nondiscrimination protections. The Equality Act will move forward that into law."