So I heard from Nic that the second paragraph of my ENDA post was fairly unclear. So here’s a quick clarification:
I think I’ve got a middling read on the politics. ENDA with the transgendered probably won’t pass this year and I’m guessing Rep. Frank doesn’t think he has the votes right after the ’08 election either. In the longer term, they probably can get it but that would mean putting off the protections for an indeterminate amount of time. I think it will be a bit easier to get the transgendered in once its demonstrated that ENDA for sexuality isn’t so scary, but at the same time there won’t be quite as much drive as the group to be protected will shrink substantially. So, from what I know, its basically a wash.
As for the personal part, I meant self-interest. I don’t have any skin in this particular game. Thus since I don’t see the politics clearly coming down one way or another, I defer to those with in the affected communities to work it out amongst themselves.
Hope that was a bit more clear.
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