Obama’s Failure To Mention LGBT Workers’ Bill Angers Advocates

The president’s State of the Union address didn’t mention the Employment Non-Discrimination Act or the sought-after executive order to ban LGBT discrimination by federal contractors. “The longer the president waits the more damage LGBT people will face,” one advocate said.

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In the White House fact sheets about tonight's State of the Union, the White House included this line about LGBT workers and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act:

In the White House fact sheets about tonight's State of the Union, the White House included this line about LGBT workers and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act:

But, this is as close as President Obama got to mentioning the bill, at the very end of his speech:

But, this is as close as President Obama got to mentioning the bill, at the very end of his speech:

He did briefly mention marriage equality:

He did briefly mention marriage equality:


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