Expressing support for the designation of June 26, 2016, as “LGBT Equality Day”.

S. Res. 511 · 114th Congress · Jun 23, 2016 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

Expressing support for the designation of June 26, 2016, as LGBT Equality Day.

That the Senate—

(1)

supports equal rights and protections for all individuals, regardless of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity;

(2)

supports the designation of June 26, 2016, as “LGBT Equality Day”;

(3)

encourages the celebration of “LGBT Equality Day” to—

(A)

commemorate the significance of decisions handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26 in 2003, 2013, and 2015; and

(B)

continue educating all people about the forms of discrimination, harassment, and intolerance that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals continue to face; and

(4)

acknowledges the need for further legislation to ensure that individuals in the United States are free from all forms of discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, including in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, Federal funding, credit, and jury service.

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Jun 23, 2016viewing Introduced in Senate Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Booker, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Brown, Mr. Franken, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Coons, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Casey, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Carper, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Reid, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Schatz) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Expressing support for the designation of June 26, 2016, as “LGBT Equality Day”.

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