ENDA, schools, and your children (OneNewsNow.com)

ENDA, schools, and your children (OneNewsNow.com): "ENDA, schools, and your children
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 4/19/2010 6:00:00 AMBookmark and Share

US capitolPro-family advocate Andrea Lafferty is warning about the potential ramifications of ENDA, pro-homosexual legislation that has been revived in Congress.



Congress is moving ahead on plans to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009 (H.R. 3017). The bill presents a lot of problems, according to Andrea Lafferty of the Traditional Values Coalition, who says it requires that every state, local, and federal government and businesses with 15 or more employees comply with the law.

'A lot of people have heard of ENDA. What they're not aware of is that they've added a term -- 'gender identity' -- to the bill,' she explains. '[That] means that every school in America will be forced to comply with the hiring of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgenders.'

Andrea Lafferty (Traditional Values Coalition)And what about states' rights? Lafferty tells OneNewsNow the bill will stifle laws in many states.

'Currently these 38 states do not allow for transgendered teachers in the classroom or 'special protections' for transgenders,' she points out. '[But] what ENDA will do is...tell these 38 states 'We're overriding your law -- and you must comply.''

Lafferty says although transgendered people have a serious mental disorder, President Obama and congressional leadership want to protect them through ENDA. She suggests voters let their elected representatives know how they feel.

A committee vote on the legislation could come as early as Wednesday."