www2.LJWorld.com – By Scott Rothschild
Topeka – Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday signed an executive order aimed at protecting state employees from workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
?We need to make sure in Kansas that all of our employees are treated with dignity and respect and that the doors of state employment are open to all,? Sebelius said.
The order affects about 25,000 state employees, making it illegal to discriminate against those workers on the basis of whether they are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
Members of the Kansas Equality Coalition applauded Sebelius during a signing ceremony.
As she hugged members of the coalition, Sebelius remarked, ?I?m sorry it took us so long.?