House Passes ENDA Legislation
By a vote of 235-184, the House of Representatives voted on November 7 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA, H.R. 3685). The vote was largely along party lines but 25 Democrats voted against ENDA and 35 Republicans voted for it. When the vote was taken, the Democrats cheered loudly. It is possible that ENDA will now be quickly sent to the Senate for a vote. President Bush has threatened a veto of ENDA.
Traditional Values Coalition Chairman Louis P. Sheldon called ENDA a “a spiritual war between the First Amendment rights of Christians and the homosexual agenda that is determined to eliminate the most significant opposition to their agenda–which is Christianity.”