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22/05/2019
The landmark bill was passed on Friday 17 May with a 236-173 vote led by the Democrats.
The Equality Bill would protect people living in a society where its legal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, with protections extended across education, employment, housing and public spaces.
"The question before us is not whether the LGBT community faces outrageous and immoral discrimination, for the record shows that it clearly does," said New York Representative Jerrold Nadler and chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
"The question is whether we, as Congress, are willing to take action to do something about it. The answer goes straight to the heart of who we want to be as a country- and today, that answer must be a resounding 'yes'."
(JG/CM)
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House Of Representatives Approves Equality Act
In a historic move in the US House of Representatives, legislation calling for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include gender identity and sexual orientation as among the issues protected from discrimination has been approved.The landmark bill was passed on Friday 17 May with a 236-173 vote led by the Democrats.
The Equality Bill would protect people living in a society where its legal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, with protections extended across education, employment, housing and public spaces.
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"The question before us is not whether the LGBT community faces outrageous and immoral discrimination, for the record shows that it clearly does," said New York Representative Jerrold Nadler and chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
"The question is whether we, as Congress, are willing to take action to do something about it. The answer goes straight to the heart of who we want to be as a country- and today, that answer must be a resounding 'yes'."
(JG/CM)
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