ENDA game. (Politics).The Employment Non-Discrimination Act This article documents a proposed statute that is being considered. Information may change rapidly as the bill progresses. has more congressional support now than at any time in its eight-year history, so it came as a surprise when Rich Tafel, who has spent years lobbying for the federal legislation as executive director of the gay group Log Cabin Republicans The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) is a federated gay and lesbian political organization in the United States with state chapters and a national office in Washington, D.C. The group consists of gays and lesbians who are supporters of the Republican Party. , seemed to be questioning the need for it. "I can tell you, anecdotally, that as I travel all over the country, I almost never hear from anyone who was fired because they were gay," Tafel wrote on the group's Web site. But Tafel told The Advocate that his remarks had been taken out of context in press reports and that Log Cabin log cabin or log house, style of home typical of the American pioneer on the Western frontier of the United States in the great westward expansion after 1765. It was constructed with few tools, usually an axe or an adz and an auger. still supports the bill. "In preparation for our [Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , D.C.] conference, I was just doing what I do every year: raising questions about what our priorities should be," Tafel said. "There is nothing wrong with having a conversation about strategy." |
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