Tammy Baldwin Reacts With Rally Call to Obama's Executive Order Decision on Workplace Protections

Tammy Baldwin Reacts With Rally Call to Obama's Executive Order Decision

The Wisconsin representative and candidate for Senate said more work
must be done by activists and politicians if LGBT employees are going
to get workplace protections.
By Lucas Grindley

Tammy Baldwin Candidate Tammy Baldwin, who could become the first gay
person to be elected to the Senate, reacted to the news that President
Obama won't ban discrimination by federal contractors by urging more
action from activists.

"We've got to keep on organizing," the congresswoman from Wisconsin
told the Washington Blade.

The president's decision not to issue an executive order has roiled
LGBT rights groups, with many issuing statements about their
disappointment. Obama said he would instead press for passage of the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act, ensuring gays and lesbians can't be
fired from any job nationwide just because of their sexual
orientation. And Baldwin said that would become an important emphasis.

"We embrace executive orders when they can occur," she told the Blade.
"This president has issued several that have advanced our protections
as a community significantly, but there's no substitute for having
Congress act in sending the president the bill to sign."

As a member of the House, Baldwin knows the chances of passing ENDA
while Republicans are in control are poor. That's why voters need to
elect "a pro-equality majority" and "leadership that's pro-equality,"
she said.

Meanwhile, polls show Baldwin in a tight race but leading Republicans
in Wisconsin to replace outgoing Sen. Herb Kohl. Plus Baldwin has
continued her fundraising strength into the first quarter of 2012 by
raising $2 million, significantly outpacing her potential opponents.

Baldwin is an outspoken supporter of LGBT equality, and she also told
the Blade that she sides with the growing number of Democrats who are
calling for the party's platform to include marriage equality.

More:
http://www.advocate.com/Politics/Tammy_Baldwin_Reacts_With_Rally_Cry_to_Obama_Executive_Order_Decision/

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Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy

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Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy

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