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Lois Marrero and Mickie Mashbum are
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in life and in death.”
he Employment Nondiscrimination
Act, a federal bill to prohibit job dis
crimination based on sexual orientation,
was introduced July 31 in Congress.
A total of 39 states still allow people
to be fired because they are gay. The
ones that prohibit discrimination based
on sexual orientation are Minnesota,
Hawaii, California, C onnecticut,
Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Vermont,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, Massa
chusetts and Nevada.
T he bill’s introduction shows
ENDA’s bipartisan support and diverse
array of sponsors. The lead co-sponsors
in the Senate are Edward M. Kennedy,
D-Mass.; Arlen Specter, R-Pa.; Joseph
Lieberman, D-Conn.; and James Jef
fords, I-Vt. House lead co-sponsors are
Christopher Shays, R-Conn.; Mark
Foley, R-Fla.; Barney Frank, D-Mass.;
and Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif.
-esbian police officer Lois M arrero was killed i
The bill also has support from busi
line of duty July 6 in Tampa, Fla.
ness leaders. A total of 59 companies—
FLORIDA
from major corporations to small operations—
, lizabeth Birch, Human Rights Campaign
want ENDA to pass. More than a dozen of
-¿executive director, has urged the Tampa them, including Hewlett-Packard Co., General
City Council and the Legislature to change the
Mills and other major corporations, announced
laws governing public pensions so same-sex
their support during the past year.
partners can inherit benefits. She sent letters to
T he U.S. public also supports the princi
local and state politicians after police officer ples of ENDA, according to a Gallup Poll
Lois Marrero was killed July 6 during a robbery conducted in June. T he survey asked respon
and her partner, detective Mickie Mashbum, dents, “In general, do you think homosexuals
was ruled ineligible for her pension.
should or should not have equal rights in
“1 hope you will take this opportunity to
terms of opportunities?”
press for legislation that would put an end to the
A bout 85 percent of respondents— an
type of inequity...Mashbum is now facing,” increase from 56 percent in 1977— said they
Birch wrote July 17. “W ithout a change in
favored equal opportunity in employm ent for
laws— both in the city of Tampa and the state of gay m en and lesbians. O nly 11 percent
Florida—gay and lesbian employees will contin thought homosexuals should be discriminated
ue to lie second-class citizens.”
against in the workplace.
The Tampa City Council met July 19 and
agreed to create a committee to study pension
and domestic partner benefits for same-sex cou
owing not to allow the issue to be swept
ples. The panel will be composed of members of
under the rug, U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler,
the police and fire pension board, private citizens
D-N.Y., held a meeting July 20 with the U.S.
and several council members. City Councilor comptroller general to discuss a probe into a
Linda Saul-Sena introduced a domestic partner backroom deal the W hite House arranged with
benefits bill last year, but it went nowhere.
the Salvation Army regarding a change in the
“I implore you to do all that is within your law to allow religious charities to discriminate in
hiring for their secular activities. David M.
power... to ensure that... Mash bum is treated
equitably and that her 10-year relationship
Walker agreed to have the staff at the General
Accounting Office— the chief investigative arm
w ith...M arrero is accorded the respect it
deserves,” Birch wrote. “The Human Rights of Congress— review the facts, as known so far,
and the applicable law.
Campaign is calling on you...to pass laws that
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