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President Barack Obama issued an executive order Thursday to prohibit transgender discrimination in public employment, another unilateral move by the administration in the wake of the 2014 midterms.
According to the new order, the Justice Department will now interpret the Civil Rights Act as covering transgender employees in workplace discrimination disputes, allowing the DOJ to bring suits against public employers for firing employees on the basis of gender identity.
Last summer Obama moved to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination by public contractors. Both moves were made in the face of pressure to exempt religious groups from LGBT orders in the wake of the Supreme Courts Hobby Lobby ruling.
Aides have said the president feels liberated with the elections behind him. Obama has made major moves in the past few weeks, issuing an executive order to delay deportations, normalizing relations with Cuba, and striking a climate deal with China.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/obama-admin-to-protect-transgender-rights-in-public-employment/
pkdu
(3,977 posts)spanone
(135,919 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)And about f'n time
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)very Happy.. I know it does me..
Thanks Obama.. thanks Cali!
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts).. for EO pen. Can't find it now but it would have been perfect!
steve
aspirant
(3,533 posts)but where are the progressive economic moves?
We just had CRonmibus shoved down our throats and now here comes TPP
Is this the grand bargain, we give away the remaining wealth of the USA and shake hands with Cuba?
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)of the top Presidents on social issues, if not at the very top of the list.
Skraxx
(2,985 posts)Nice! And bonus points for even more GOP heads exploding. He does the right thing AND gets bonus points for goading!
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)I probably shouldn't say this -- but -- VERY close friend of mine was at a White House policy briefing in past 48 hours where XXXXXX said White House policy for the next two years is:
-- take no prisoners
-- if it helps the American people, do it
-- fuck a bunch of Republicans
steve2470
(37,457 posts)sellitman
(11,608 posts)My youngest's future just got brighter.
I'm so happy.
Hekate
(90,978 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)His detractors will soon have a tough time finding anything to gripe about!
I'd buy a used car from that man, that's for sure!
Hekate
(90,978 posts)Scan down to #21 for a hate-filled head-slapper. They never quit.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I mean really, anyone trying to downgrade this good human rights news with any kind of "Yeah, but..." complaint is really stretching to be contrary. I'd buy a used car from POTUS, I think he is a trustworthy and decent human being.
Hekate
(90,978 posts)Also there's that whole business about just making shit up.
I agree with you, MADem, I think the POTUS is trustworthy too. He's methodical and just keeps plugging away. He's even tempered, and I think modest in a way. By the latter I mean he could do with tooting his own horn a bit more often, or at least designate a staffer to do that for him!
The thing with Cuba is indicative: he obviously has been working at that for a long time, and now here it is, including half a dozen federal departments following along with their own fully fledged plans for implementation.
And now this. I wonder what else he has up his short sleeved Aloha shirt to announce while he's on vacation? I can hardly wait, frankly.
Mele Kalikimaka!
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)brentspeak
(18,290 posts)"Liberated" enough to knee-cap the middle class and the next generation with TPP and CRomnibus.
Keep up with the Triangulation Propaganda, though. Maybe there's some dumb person out there who'll buy into it.
Hekate
(90,978 posts)Behind the Aegis
(54,042 posts)Heaven forfend that transgender people are extended the rights of others.
Hekate
(90,978 posts)Also heaven forfend that anyone ever ever ever acknowledge that Obama might be doing something right.
Happy Holidays, Aegis.
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Hekate
(90,978 posts)Since segregation seems to be your aim.
Thanks in advance.
great white snark
(2,646 posts)You Better Believe It.