Still no answer on ENDA executive order

[William769]

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to provide an immediate answer Monday as to why President Obama hasn’t taken administrative action to institute non-discrimination protections for LGBT people in the workplace.

In response to a question from the Washington Blade, Carney said he could look into the issue of what might be preventing President Obama from issuing an executive order prohibiting federal dollars from going to companies that don’t have non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

“I don’t have anything new for you on that, so I don’t have probably an answer that will move that story along for you,” Carney said. “But if you want to ask me, I can look into it for you.”

Carney has been asked about such a directive before and what Obama is doing to provide LGBT workers with non-discrimination protections, but the White House hasn’t said whether the president would issue the executive order.

Obama supports legislation known as the Employment Non-Discrimation Act, which would prohibit job bias against LGBT workers in most situations in the private and public workforce. But the legislation is unlikely to pass as long as Republicans remain in control of the House.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/12/05/still-no-answer-on-enda-executive-order/

[Angry Dragon]

1. Answer: We have not figured out how it will poll at this time.

[William769]

2. You must have been reading my mind.