Joe Biden comments on LGBT discrimination raise eyebrows

[DonViejo]

By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE | 3/26/14 5:05 AM EDT

Once again, Vice President Joe Biden has raised hopes in the LGBT community for another major administration move on gay rights.

Two years after getting ahead of President Barack Obama in saying he supported gay marriage, Biden on Saturday called LGBT workplace discrimination “close to barbaric” and “bizarre” in a speech to the Human Rights Campaign.

But he did it without mentioning an executive order that’s been waiting for Obama’s signature for two years to ban LGBT government contractors from firing people because of their sexual orientation.

It’s not like advocates have let the White House forget that the document is there. Outside groups who’ve been leading the charge on the executive order have continued to put the pressure on top administration officials in private meetings at the White House.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/joe-biden-lgbt-workplace-discrimination-executive-order-human-rights-campaign-105018.html#ixzz2x4o3RW9y

[Bluenorthwest]

1. The line ' ban LGBT government contractors from firing people' is an error.

It's not LGBT contractors who are firing people. Puts a damper on the piece.

[Supersedeas]

2. getting ahead of a slow moving transport