U.S. Senate Passes ENDA with Pryor’s Help, Boozman’s Opposition

ENDA,

sen-pryor-photosen-boozman-photoOn Thursday the United States Senate voted to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

Senator Boozman voted against ENDA. Senator Pryor voted for ENDA. You can see a breakdown of the votes here.

Despite its name, ENDA is not about preventing discrimination. It injects sexual preferences and sexual expression into the workplace, and it will prevent religious employers from establishing employee guidelines in keeping with their deeply-held religious beliefs.

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FRC Publishes “ENDA Litigation Nightmare”

ENDA,

Family Research Council has published a fact sheet titled “The ENDA Litigation Nightmare.”

The fact sheet outlines examples of litigation we could see in our nation’s courts if Congress passes the so-called “Employment Non-Discrimination Act” — a bill that would inject sexual preferences and expression into the workplace.

FRC also released a statement today about religious exemptions written into the bill, calling the exemptions insufficient.

“The amendment added to ENDA today does virtually nothing to expand the already extremely narrow ‘religious exemption,’ and will do nothing to protect non-profits and businesses that operate from a faith perspective. Senators may be looking for political cover from this amendment, but ENDA removes the ability of non-profits, para-church ministries, and individual business owners to make their own decisions about appropriate conduct in the workplace.”

You can read “The ENDA Litigation Nightmare” here.

You can read FRC’s comprehenzive fact sheet on ENDA here.

You can read Heritage Foundation’s analysis of ENDA (“ENDA Threatens Fundamental Civil Liberties”) here.

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ENDA: Sen. Pryor Supports It; Sen. Boozman Opposes It

Homosexuality,

sen-pryor-photosen-boozman-photoLate yesterday Senators Pryor and Boozman cast important votes on the so-called Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

This bill is not about preventing discrimination. It is about injecting sexual preferences and sexual expression into the workplace.

Yesterday, Senator Pryor voted in support of ENDA. Senator Boozman voted against it. You can read a breakdown of the votes here.

The United States Senate is expected to take a final vote on ENDA today to pass it and send it for consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives.

ENDA runs roughshod over religious employers, including Christian publishing companies and bookstores; it treats conscientious disagreement with homosexual and trangender lifestyles as bigotry; it will allow men who “self-identify” as women to use women’s restrooms and locker rooms in the workplace, and vice versa; its ambiguities can only be clarified through expensive and time-consuming litigation at the expense of our nation’s taxpayers and employers.

Family Research Council and Heritage Foundation have written extensively about the problems this bill poses.

You can download FRC’s fact sheet here.

You can download Heritage Foundation’s fact sheet here.

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