Assistant AG Perez Testifies Before Congress on ENDA

Topix Gay News  Nov 05 09

Today, the Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Thomas E. Perez, testified with regards to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA. Mr. Perez heads up the Civil Rights Division. According to him, " Our mission is clear: to uphold and protect the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, particularly some of the most vulnerable among us. We seek to advance this Nation's long struggle to embrace the principle so eloquently captured by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that persons should be judged based on 'content of their character,' and not on their race, color, sex, national origin, religion or any other irrelevant factors. Full story...

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