Tag: Mark Kirk
On Anniversary of Equality Act Introduction, HRC Announces Support of More Than 80 Major Companies
Over the last year, this crucial federal non-discrimination legislation has gained bipartisan support and unprecedented endorsements from the business community.
Educators, LGBT Advocates Slam General Assembly for Refusing DOJ Order to End Civil Rights Violation
Failure to address DOJ concerns jeopardises billions in federal funding.
HRC Announces 60 Companies Launch Business Coalition for the Equality Act
Business support comes as more than 100 grassroots supporters and advocates fan out across Capitol Hill to urge Members of Congress to support the bipartisan Equality Act.
Majority of Americans in all 50 States Support the Equality Act, New Nonpartisan Polling Shows
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released the following statement after new polling shows that a majority of Americans in all 50 states support a bill like the bipartisan Equality Act, which was introduced last year with an unprecedented number of original co-sponsors and would extend existing civil rights protections to LGBT people.
Speaker Boehner Brings Hate-Peddlers to Capitol Hill
Buzzfeed reports that House Speaker John Boehner today secured meeting space for the top American supporters of Russia’s anti-LGBT laws.
Republican Pollster: Supermajority of Voters Support Employment Non-Discrimination Act
New polling by a prominent Republican pollster shows a supermajority of voters– 68 percent, including 56 percent of Republicans – support a federal law protecting gay and transgender employees from discrimination in the workplace.