Civil and Human Rights Coalition Applauds Bipartisan ENDA Passage in Senate

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WASHINGTON– Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the Senate voted to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA):

“Today’s bipartisan Senate vote is a critical step toward ensuring access to jobs for all Americans. LGBT people deserve the right to work free of discrimination. In our rapidly changing economy, access to jobs is already tenuous. Condoning discrimination in the workplace only compounds this problem for millions of Americans.

Businesses, churches and synagogues, civil rights groups, and unions all came together to support the bipartisan passage of this bill. We thank the Senate for taking this important step forward and ask Speaker Boehner to stand on the right side of history and bring ENDA up for a House vote.”

Wade Henderson is the president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its 200-plus member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.