{"id":2832,"date":"2021-02-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-booker-baldwin-announce-senate-introduction-of-landmark-urgently-needed-lgbtq-rights-bill-2021\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:58","slug":"merkley-booker-baldwin-announce-senate-introduction-of-landmark-urgently-needed-lgbtq-rights-bill-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-booker-baldwin-announce-senate-introduction-of-landmark-urgently-needed-lgbtq-rights-bill-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Booker y Baldwin anuncian la presentaci\u00f3n en el Senado de un proyecto de ley de derechos LGBTQ hist\u00f3rico y urgentemente necesario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>Washington, DC \u2013 El Senador de EE. UU. de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, se asoci\u00f3 hoy con los Senadores Cory Booker (D-NJ) y Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) para anunciar la pr\u00f3xima presentaci\u00f3n en el Senado del <i>Ley de Igualdad<\/i>\u2014legislaci\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica e integral para prohibir la discriminaci\u00f3n contra los estadounidenses LGBTQ, al igual que la discriminaci\u00f3n religiosa, racial y \u00e9tnica es ilegal en todo Estados Unidos. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>El anuncio coincidi\u00f3 con la presentaci\u00f3n del proyecto de ley por parte del Representante David Cicilline en la C\u00e1mara de Representantes de EE.UU. La C\u00e1mara pas\u00f3 la <i>Ley de Igualdad<\/i> en 2019, pero fue enterrado en el cementerio legislativo del exl\u00edder de la mayor\u00eda del Senado, Mitch McConnell. El proyecto de ley del Senado se presentar\u00e1 formalmente la pr\u00f3xima semana cuando el pleno del Senado vuelva a abrir para la presentaci\u00f3n de proyectos de ley.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>\u201cTodos nosotros vamos al trabajo y a la escuela, vamos a casa y vamos de compras, y ninguno de nosotros deber\u00eda tener que ocultar a nuestra familia o pretender ser alguien que no somos para hacer esas cosas\u201d. <b>dijo el Senador Merkley, autor de la Ley de Igualdad.<\/b> \u201cPero en 29 estados, los estadounidenses a\u00fan pueden ser desalojados, expulsados de un restaurante o negados un pr\u00e9stamo por ser quienes son o a quienes aman.<b>.<\/b> Todos amamos la visi\u00f3n de Estados Unidos como una tierra de libertad e igualdad, pero \u00bfestamos dispuestos a dar los pasos para acercar esa visi\u00f3n a la realidad? Hagamos de 2021 el a\u00f1o en que <i>Ley de Igualdad<\/i> cruza la l\u00ednea de meta y el presidente Biden lo firma como ley\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>\u201cMientras haya personas que enfrenten discriminaci\u00f3n por su orientaci\u00f3n sexual o identidad de g\u00e9nero, tenemos trabajo por hacer. Me enorgullece volver a presentar esta legislaci\u00f3n innovadora con los senadores Merkley y Baldwin que aclarar\u00e1 y codificar\u00e1 que la ley federal de derechos civiles protege a los estadounidenses LGBTQ+\u201d. <b>dijo el senador Booker<\/b>. \u201cEsta legislaci\u00f3n representa lo mejor de lo que somos como estadounidenses. Pero el hecho de que necesitemos esta legislaci\u00f3n refleja lo peor de lo que somos. Si vamos a celebrar los ideales de libertad y libertad, debemos tener protecciones integrales y nacionales para los estadounidenses LGBTQ+\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>&nbsp;\u201cEs simplemente incorrecto que en la mayor\u00eda de los estados, los estadounidenses LGBTQ vivan sin leyes de no discriminaci\u00f3n totalmente inclusivas y a\u00fan puedan enfrentar discriminaci\u00f3n simplemente por ser quienes son o a quienes aman. Es hora de poner fin a este tipo de discriminaci\u00f3n porque los estadounidenses LGBTQ deben tener la libertad de la plena igualdad\u201d. <b>dijo el senador Baldwin<\/b>. \u201cS\u00e9 que la C\u00e1mara har\u00e1 su trabajo para aprobar la <i>Ley de Igualdad<\/i> y el Senado deber\u00eda hacer lo mismo y hacer el trabajo para que brindemos igualdad total a todos los estadounidenses LGBTQ en todo nuestro pa\u00eds\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>La legislaci\u00f3n enmendar\u00eda las hist\u00f3ricas leyes federales contra la discriminaci\u00f3n para agregar expl\u00edcitamente la orientaci\u00f3n sexual y la identidad de g\u00e9nero a las prohibiciones de larga data sobre la discriminaci\u00f3n en el empleo, la vivienda, los lugares p\u00fablicos, el servicio de jurado, el acceso al cr\u00e9dito, la financiaci\u00f3n federal y m\u00e1s. Tambi\u00e9n agregar\u00eda protecciones contra la discriminaci\u00f3n sexual en partes de las leyes contra la discriminaci\u00f3n donde estas protecciones no se hab\u00edan incluido anteriormente, como instalaciones p\u00fablicas y financiaci\u00f3n federal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>La igualdad LGBTQ recibi\u00f3 un gran impulso en todo el pa\u00eds en junio pasado cuando la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. dictamin\u00f3 en <i>Bostock contra el condado de Clayton <\/i>que la discriminaci\u00f3n en el lugar de trabajo por motivos de orientaci\u00f3n sexual o identidad de g\u00e9nero est\u00e1 prohibida como una forma de discriminaci\u00f3n sexual en virtud del T\u00edtulo VII de la Ley de 1964 <i>Ley de Derechos Civiles<\/i>. Sin embargo, este fallo judicial a\u00fan no se ha aplicado a nivel nacional a otras \u00e1reas de posible discriminaci\u00f3n, que incluyen vivienda, alojamiento p\u00fablico, servicio de jurado, acceso al cr\u00e9dito y m\u00e1s. Muchos estadounidenses creen que tales protecciones ya est\u00e1n escritas expl\u00edcitamente en la ley federal de derechos civiles, pero este no es el caso. El <i>Ley de Igualdad<\/i> finalmente consagrar\u00eda estas protecciones en la ley federal en todas las \u00e1reas de discriminaci\u00f3n potencial y garantizar\u00eda que estas protecciones esenciales para los estadounidenses LGBTQ no est\u00e9n sujetas a los caprichos de un tribunal cambiante. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>El texto completo de la <i>Ley de Igualdad<\/i> est\u00e1 disponible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/download\/210218_equality-act-text-2021\/\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) today to announced the upcoming Senate introduction of the Equality Act&mdash;historic, comprehensive legislation to ban discrimination against LGBTQ Americans, just as religious, racial, and ethnic discrimination are illegal everywhere in the United States. 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