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Bye Bye ENDA.

that's how it will be perceived, and it will make ENDA unpassable. I'm no fan of ENDA -- federal anti-discrimination laws have opened the gates to a flood of frivolous lawsuits, forcing employers to pay off plaintiffs because defending themselves is prohibitively expensive. But HRC and liberal-left gays do think ENDA

ENDA to a "T"

Dale Carpenter, a law professor and IGF contributing author, has posted on the Volokh Conspiracy a detailed response to the expressed concerns of some gay groups, including Lambda Legal, that a gay-only ENDA might not adequately protect gays: He writes:we now have decades of experience with state laws that protect

Yes, ENDA Really Does Protect Gays

ENDA protect gays, it offers limited protection to transgendered people as well. Congressional vote-counters have argued that ENDA cannot pass Congress this session if it includes protection for both “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” Thus, in an effort to pass the first-ever federal gay civil rights bill, they restored ENDA

35 Years of Failed Strategy

other words, even if the Democrats had kept their Senate supermajority, it wouldn't have been enough. "The Human Rights Campaign, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, and National Center for Transgender Equality — three leading groups working on ENDA — say they are confident the House of Representatives will pass ENDA

Transgendered in Charge

had agreed not to attend the event," as MSNBC reports. Note: As I've written before, I'm ENDA-neutral, but still appalled at the pc genuflection to transgendered activism. As for ENDA, gay libertarians are firmly against it, opposing all laws telling private-sector employers who they can or can't hire. I see ENDA

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should be entitled to hire the workers they choose, and that ENDA paves the way for both baseless lawsuits (profiting trial lawyers, if no one else) while creating an incentive not to hire open gays (for fear that you could never fire them). I"m not among those who oppose ENDA;

ENDA Now. Transgenders Later.

is right about the temperature of Congress on this issue, is not between a limited ENDA and a comprehensive ENDA. It's a choice between a limited ENDA and no ENDA. It's hard to see how it serves any principle at all if it can't be enacted. In other words, ENDA

HRC and the End of ENDA

Democrats. Without the support of at least a few Republicans and moderate-to-conservative Democrats, ENDA could never pass 𔃉 even if the Democrats regained control of Congress. Better to pass an imperfect ENDA, one that gives at least some workers some degree of protection from discrimination, than to pass no ENDA

An ENDA Thanksgiving

anticipated many of the objections to ENDA from President Bush's advisors and from transgender and gay activists. They did an extraordinary job walking the fine line between an interpretation of ENDA that is unduly crabbed and one that is objectionably expansive. Lots of other people deserve credit for passing ENDA,

ENDA and Us

one for Ts (transgenders). The Democratic leadership, however, is "marking up" the LGB version and pushing it forward, leaving the T bill in legislative limbo.I'm ENDA neutral. Gay libertarians are firmly against it, opposing all laws telling employers who they can or can't hire, fire or promote. I see ENDA