Obama’s political arm raising money for ENDA fight

President Obama’s political arm is raising money from supporters to push for passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Organizing for Action, the successor organization to Obama’s presidential campaign apparatus that advocates for his policy positions, sent out an email from Executive Director Jon Carson to supporters on Thursday with the subject line, “It’s 2013 — this shouldn’t be legal.”

“A lot of Americans don’t know that it’s still legal in some states to discriminate in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity,” Carson writes. “Yep — it’s 2013, and every American still doesn’t have that basic protection under the law.”



The email continues to say that ENDA would rectify this issue by making sure “no one can legally
be discriminated against in the workplace for being gay or transgender.”

A link within the email redirects to the OFA site, which allows the reader to sign a petition calling on Congress to pass ENDA.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/09/06/ofa-seeks-donations-enda-supporters/