{"id":4178,"date":"2019-05-17T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-collins-baldwin-booker-pledge-to-work-to-continue-equality-act-momentum-in-senate-2017\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:45","slug":"merkley-collins-baldwin-booker-pledge-to-work-to-continue-equality-act-momentum-in-senate-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-collins-baldwin-booker-pledge-to-work-to-continue-equality-act-momentum-in-senate-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Collins, Baldwin, Booker se comprometen a trabajar para continuar con el impulso de la Ley de Igualdad en el Senado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Los principales patrocinadores del Senado de la Ley de Igualdad, los senadores estadounidenses Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) y Cory Booker (D-NJ), celebraron hoy la aprobaci\u00f3n bipartidista de la legislaci\u00f3n en la C\u00e1mara de Representantes, y se comprometi\u00f3 a trabajar para continuar con el impulso del proyecto de ley en el Senado.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>\u201cHoy es un d\u00eda hist\u00f3rico en nuestro viaje estadounidense de lucha continua hacia una uni\u00f3n m\u00e1s perfecta. Desde Gettysburg hasta Seneca Falls, Selma, Stonewall y m\u00e1s all\u00e1, personas valientes han presionado continuamente para acercar a nuestra naci\u00f3n a su ideal fundacional de que todos somos creados iguales. Con la votaci\u00f3n de hoy, comenzamos a escribir otro cap\u00edtulo en esa gran historia estadounidense, que finalmente garantizar\u00e1 la plena igualdad y oportunidades para los estadounidenses LGBTQ en todo el pa\u00eds\u201d. <b>dijo Merkley.<\/b> \u201cYa es hora de que todos los estadounidenses tengan protecciones completas y expl\u00edcitas contra la discriminaci\u00f3n simplemente por ser quienes son oa qui\u00e9n aman. Ahora, el Senado debe asumir y aprobar esta legislaci\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica, y dejar que las campanas de la libertad suenen en todo Estados Unidos\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>\u201cTodos los estadounidenses merecen una oportunidad justa de perseguir el sue\u00f1o americano\u201d, <b>dijo Collins.<\/b>&nbsp; \u201cEs hora de que nos aseguremos de que todas las personas sean juzgadas por sus talentos y habilidades, y tengan pleno acceso a los servicios que necesitan y las oportunidades que buscan. La aprobaci\u00f3n de este proyecto de ley en la C\u00e1mara marca un importante primer paso en el proceso legislativo. Reconozco que tenemos m\u00e1s trabajo por hacer en el Senado para construir un consenso bipartidista, y continuaremos trabajando hacia ese objetivo\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>\u201cSimplemente est\u00e1 mal que en la mayor\u00eda de los estados, los estadounidenses LGBTQ vivan sin leyes de no discriminaci\u00f3n totalmente inclusivas y no est\u00e9n completamente protegidos contra el despido, el desalojo de su hogar o la negaci\u00f3n de servicios 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 Balduino.<\/b> \u201cLa C\u00e1mara ha dado un paso hist\u00f3rico al aprobar la Ley de Igualdad y el Senado debe trabajar en conjunto para hacer el trabajo de aprobar una legislaci\u00f3n bipartidista que brinde igualdad total para todos los estadounidenses LGBTQ en todo nuestro pa\u00eds\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>\u201cLa aprobaci\u00f3n de hoy es otro paso adelante en el viaje de nuestro pa\u00eds para extender la libertad y la justicia para todos\u201d, <b>Booker dijo.<\/b> \u201cLos estadounidenses LGBTQ merecen el derecho a vivir sin discriminaci\u00f3n y sin preocuparse de ser despedidos, desalojados o negados servicios b\u00e1sicos por ser quienes son y a quienes aman. Este proyecto de ley representa lo mejor de lo que somos como estadounidenses al aclarar que las protecciones establecidas en la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964 son<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span>aplicado a los estadounidenses LGBTQ\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>A pesar de los importantes avances en la igualdad para los estadounidenses LGBTQ, incluida la igualdad en el matrimonio a nivel nacional, la mayor\u00eda de los estados a\u00fan no cuentan con leyes expl\u00edcitas de protecci\u00f3n contra la discriminaci\u00f3n LGBTQ.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>La Ley de Igualdad de 2019 garantizar\u00eda la plena igualdad federal sin discriminaci\u00f3n al agregar la orientaci\u00f3n sexual y la identidad de g\u00e9nero a otras clases protegidas, como la raza o la religi\u00f3n, en las leyes federales existentes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>El proyecto de ley prohibir\u00eda expl\u00edcitamente la discriminaci\u00f3n en una serie de \u00e1reas, incluido el empleo, la vivienda, los lugares p\u00fablicos, el servicio de jurado, el acceso al cr\u00e9dito y la financiaci\u00f3n federal.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>El proyecto de ley 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, incluso en lugares p\u00fablicos y fondos federales.&nbsp;<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; The lead Senate sponsors of the Equality Act&mdash;U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Cory Booker (D-NJ)&mdash;today celebrated the bipartisan passage of the legislation in the House of Representatives, and pledged to work to continue the bill&rsquo;s momentum in the Senate. &ldquo;Today is a historic day in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-4178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-civil-rights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley, Collins, Baldwin, Booker Pledge to Work to Continue Equality Act Momentum in Senate - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-collins-baldwin-booker-pledge-to-work-to-continue-equality-act-momentum-in-senate-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley, Collins, Baldwin, Booker Pledge to Work to Continue Equality Act Momentum in Senate - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; 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