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HRC calls for Barack Obama to adhere to timetable in gay rights 'Blueprint'

  • Issue an Executive Order within the first 100 days that reaffirms protections for federal workers based on sexual orientation and expands them to also include gender identity;
  • Work with Congress to sign Hate Crimes legislation into law within 6 months;
  • Support only a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA);
  • In the first 100 days develop a plan to begin the process of eliminating the failed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy; and
  • Work with Congress to end unequal tax treatment of domestic partnerships benefits.

The list of items from Human Rights Campaign's ''Blueprint for Positive Change,'' a petition by the gay-rights group that's being distributed as a response to the President-elect's promotion of anti-gay Rev. Rick Warren. (HRC)


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