Senator Coons urges President Obama to ban federal contracts with companies that discriminate against LGBT employees
WASHINGTON – Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) joined 36 of his colleagues on Thursday on a letter to President Obama urging the White House to issue an Executive Order to outlaw employment discrimination against LGBT Americans by federal contractors. Executive orders have banned other forms of employment discrimination by contractors for decades, but no such protections exist for LGBT workers. “Issuing an Executive Order that includes sexual orientation and gender identity is a critical s...
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