LATimes.com – By Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passes without the inclusion of transgender people. It faces a possible Senate filibuster and a veto threat.
Washington – The House voted Wednesday to extend the nation’s employment discrimination protections to gay workers, the first time the long-proposed measure has passed either chamber of Congress.
In the debate, which lasted more than five hours, some members of Congress referred to the historic civil rights fight against racial prejudice while others appealed to the Democratic majority not to infringe on the rights of Christians who consider homosexuality an affront to God.