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>Gay Rights Bill Gains Momentum in Congress >CBNNews.com Monday, August 31, 2009RSSPodcasts > >The latest version of Adobe Flash Player is required >to watch this video. Please click on the link below to >download the latest version. Thanks! > > >Embed: > >Ad Feedback > Congress is considering passage of the first major >civil rights act protecting gays and trans-sexuals. > >The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, >prohibits workplace discrimination based on sexual >orientation and gender identity. > >Critics said ENDA would impose its provisions on >business owners who have religious objections to >hiring gays and trans-sexuals. > >Ashley Horne, federal issues analyst for Focus on the >Family, said her ministry would fight the bill. > >"It's definitely a bill we will put a lot of resources >toward fighting," she said. "Our primary concern is >the chipping away of religious liberties." > >Jim Campbell of the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian >legal group, said there is a long-term strategy in the >bill. > >"One of the really big problems with enacting ENDA is >in the future litigation battles dealing with same-sex >marriage," Campbell said. "It will provide ammunition >for homosexual activists in the future to push their >agenda in the court system throughout the country." > >However, supporters of the measure said religious >organizations, the military and businesses with less >than 15 workers are exempt. > >"We're further than we've ever been, but there is >certainly still work to be done," said Joe Solmonese, >president of the Human Rights Campaign.

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