FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 2007
Oregon Democratic Senate candidate Steve Novick congratulated Speaker Nancy
Pelosi and Congressional Democrats on passage of the Employment
Nondiscrimination Act, banning employment discrimination against gays, lesbians and
bisexuals.
"Today, we can be proud to be Democrats, and proud to be Americans,"
Novick
said. "Yesterday's vote showed again that elections do matter. This is a
major issue. This is a moral issue. The House has recognized that
discrimination is just plain wrong."
Novick said that he was disappointed that the bill did not include
protection against discrimination based on gender identity, and promised to
fight for such protection in the next Congress. "ENDA is a good start, but
it is not the end," he said.
