In the 18 May 07 The Kiplinger Letter, they mention that Congress is ready to prohibit workplace discrimination of gays and gender identity individuals. This new law will require equal treatment on pay, hiring, firing, and so on and would ban employers from taking into account sexual orientation or gender identity. They said 18 states currently have this law in place.
We can only hope that they get their act together and pass this law completely and without hesitation but more importantly, that the states and employers will take it seriously. No law is good unless it can and will be enforced.
Let's watch closely.
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