Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. This is a list that Americans will well be familiar with, including Methodist groups, Lutheran groups, Jewish groups, and so on and so forth, from the spectrum of Protestant religions, Christian religions, and other religions. It is powerful and helpful that they have written to share their perspectives, and I thank them for doing so. Business coalitions have also weighed in. I have here a letter from the Business Coalition for Workplace Fairness. Their letter is much shorter. It is signed by approximately 120 companies. I will read it for my colleagues now. It says: The majority of United States businesses have already started addressing workplace fairness for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. But we need a federal standard that treats all employees the same way. The Business Coalition for Workplace Fairness is a group of leading U.S. employers that support the Employment Non- Discrimination Act, a federal bill that would provide the same basic protections that are already afforded to workers across the country. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees are not protected under federal law from being fired, refused work or otherwise discriminated against. ENDA would do just that. These are companies that include American Eagle Outfitters to Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab to Nike, General Mills to Xerox, and Hilton Worldwide to Apple, and so on and so forth.…”