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Equal Opportunity for All

Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Human Rights Campaign
In 29 states, it's still legal to fire someone because they're gay; in 38 states it is legal to fire someone for being transgender.

Thousands of hardworking lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans have lost their livelihoods simply because of who they are. HRC is working to end this bitter injustice by passing a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a federal bill that would make it illegal to fire, refuse to hire, or refuse to promote employees simply based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Senate has, for the first time, introduced a fully-inclusive ENDA. Send your Senators a message today and encourage them to co-sponsor this critical legislation.
deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 25,000
 

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I am writing to ask you to co-sponsor the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

It is simply unacceptable that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people can still be fired or refused a job based on characteristics wholly unrelated to job performance. ENDA would stop this injustice against our community and let these hardworking Americans support their families and be a part of our national economy without fear of arbitrary discrimination. We hope you will support this legislation in the 111th Congress.

The American people believe in fairness and understand that employees should be judged on the merits, not on sexual orientation or gender identity. A January 2007 Hart Research poll found that six out of ten Americans support federal legislation to address workplace discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Yet, today, it remains perfectly legal in 29 states to fire someone based simply on sexual orientation, and in 38 states to do so based on gender identity.
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Sincerely,
[Your name here]
We took action on “Equal Opportunity for All”!
# 8,262:
8:48 pm PST, Nov 20, Erin Conklin, New York
# 8,261:
8:08 pm PST, Nov 20, Lisa Turner, Virginia
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5:34 pm PST, Nov 20, Pam Wilkinson, Michigan
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5:06 pm PST, Nov 20, Joan Ragusa, Florida
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4:42 pm PST, Nov 20, Crystal Cothal, New York
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4:31 pm PST, Nov 20, Ariel C, Canada
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4:14 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Trinidad And Tobago
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4:12 pm PST, Nov 20, Gary Holmes, California
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4:05 pm PST, Nov 20, Evan Rodriguez, California
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3:38 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Virginia
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3:17 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Indiana
This bill must be passed.Laws that discriminate against GLBT individuals are unconstitutional!
# 8,251:
3:03 pm PST, Nov 20, Eunice D, New York
All humans were created equally; this kind of discrimination is just as bad as racism or sexism, which is intolerable. These people deserve to lead their lives just like everyone else. Their sexuality doesn't make them any less capable of working diligently than a straight person.
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2:11 pm PST, Nov 20, Dima Maaytah, Jordan
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12:32 pm PST, Nov 20, Jason Teichman, California
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12:16 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Spain
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12:03 pm PST, Nov 20, Maria N Galvis, Colombia
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11:56 am PST, Nov 20, Esther Prieto Diez, Spain
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11:41 am PST, Nov 20, Ant Man, Ohio
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11:24 am PST, Nov 20, Barbara Campbell, Texas
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10:34 am PST, Nov 20, Ashley Strain, New Jersey
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10:07 am PST, Nov 20, Melissa Johnson, Illinois
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10:00 am PST, Nov 20, Lulu Hermans, Belgium
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7:59 am PST, Nov 20, Fiona Cox, Washington
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7:41 am PST, Nov 20, Stephen Weatherby, Georgia
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7:20 am PST, Nov 20, Linda Isham, New Jersey
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7:18 am PST, Nov 20, Connie Oglesby, Iowa
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7:17 am PST, Nov 20, Katarzyna Gawron, Poland
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6:58 am PST, Nov 20, Laura Bretschneider, Sweden
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6:29 am PST, Nov 20, Ewa Peszko, Sweden
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5:36 am PST, Nov 20, Miriam Figueroa, North Carolina
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5:35 am PST, Nov 20, Jennifer Maniscalco, Massachusetts
Everyone, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, is entitled to human rights.
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5:10 am PST, Nov 20, Miriam Walsh, Massachusetts
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5:06 am PST, Nov 20, Bogdan Dryomin, Russian Federation
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4:37 am PST, Nov 20, Camelia Zara, Italy
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2:37 am PST, Nov 20, Claire Bracken, United Kingdom
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2:32 am PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Estonia
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2:30 am PST, Nov 20, Keeley Player, Spain
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10:12 pm PST, Nov 19, Carys Jones, Canada
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9:55 pm PST, Nov 19, Hazel PATTERSON, Texas
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9:02 pm PST, Nov 19, Luis Vallejo, Argentina
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7:39 pm PST, Nov 19, Lin Luker, Arizona
It is time to end discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. I ask you to support and co-sponsor ENDA.
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6:57 pm PST, Nov 19, Frank Cuda, Arizona
protect all the citizens , no matter what the do , they do the jod=b then they should have it
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6:51 pm PST, Nov 19, Brande Pickerel, Washington
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5:53 pm PST, Nov 19, Natalia Medeiros, Brazil
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5:43 pm PST, Nov 19, Kip LaCombe, Florida
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4:28 pm PST, Nov 19, Robert Rafferty, Illinois
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3:05 pm PST, Nov 19, Phillip Carew, Canada
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12:41 pm PST, Nov 19, Elizabeth Packard, Indiana
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12:01 pm PST, Nov 19, Mateja Cimpersak, Croatia
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11:46 am PST, Nov 19, Patricia Lahtinen, Washington
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11:20 am PST, Nov 19, Helen Speight, United Kingdom
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10:07 am PST, Nov 19, Anibal Nuevo, Spain
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9:53 am PST, Nov 19, Saghar Mahmoody, Canada
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9:50 am PST, Nov 19, Edward Carey, New York
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9:32 am PST, Nov 19, Deborah Sparks, Florida
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9:00 am PST, Nov 19, Anna Cota Dodge, Arizona
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8:44 am PST, Nov 19, Rufaida Shamead, Canada
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8:16 am PST, Nov 19, Dixie jo Johnson, Arkansas
every one has a right to work-they take taxes right?
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8:11 am PST, Nov 19, Martin Mathers, Cuba
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6:18 am PST, Nov 19, Lisa Scarcella, Florida
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6:04 am PST, Nov 19, James Saley, Michigan
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5:09 am PST, Nov 19, Nancy Bowden, Pennsylvania
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