{"id":5113,"date":"2017-03-13T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/democrats-will-reintroduce-a-major-lgbt-bill-as-a-wedge-issue-in-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:01","slug":"democrats-will-reintroduce-a-major-lgbt-bill-as-a-wedge-issue-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/democrats-will-reintroduce-a-major-lgbt-bill-as-a-wedge-issue-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Los dem\u00f3cratas reintroducir\u00e1n un importante proyecto de ley LGBT como un tema clave en el Congreso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats in Congress plan to reintroduce legislation this month that would ban LGBT discrimination nationwide, despite facing a conservative majority that&rsquo;s been generally hostile toward the issue.<\/p>\n<p>While the bill has little shot of passage, progressives hope inaction by Republicans can illustrate a chasm between the major political parties as they approach the 2018 midterm election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s important for Americans to know whether members of Congress support full equality for our community or whether they support continued discrimination against LGBT Americans,&rdquo; Rhode Island&rsquo;s David Cicilline, a Democrat who will sponsor the bill in the House, told BuzzFeed News.<\/p>\n<p>A companion bill will be reintroduced in the Senate by Oregon&rsquo;s Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, who said colleagues opposed to the bill &ldquo;should have to stand up and explain why.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of Democrats sponsored similar legislation in 2015, with a small harmony of support across the aisle, marking the most sweeping effort to date to provide LGBT civil rights. But Republican leaders&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/dominicholden\/dems-will-urge-gop-house-leaders-to-hold-hearing-on-lgbt-rig?utm_term=.baLrGml0#.ccBnEby9\">never gave it a committee hearing<\/a>. Rep. Cicilline argued that opponents should pay a political price if they continue to blockade the bill, saying, &ldquo;If Republicans in Washington want to keep standing in the doorway of opportunity, they&rsquo;ll have to answer to their constituents in just two short years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/dominicholden\/broad-federal-lgbt-rights-bill-would-also-address-religious?utm_term=.oc6zoPqg#.ca3JYr2R\">The Equality Act<\/a>, as it&rsquo;s known, would amend existing civil rights laws to add protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in workplaces, housing, and public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>It would also clarify that transgender students can use single-sex facilities in schools in accordance with their gender identity, possibly settling a dispute tangled in courts.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has helped shift his party toward more LGBT-friendly language, offering pledges of general support &mdash; but his cabinet brings a trove of anti-LGBT views. The administration recently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/dominicholden\/trump-reversed-guidelines-protecting-transgender-students?utm_term=.uo40mVJX#.mh2kxgPl\">withdrew protections<\/a>&nbsp;for transgender students and Trump himself has endorsed states creating their own policies that allow discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Cicilline argued in a dear-colleague letter seeking House co-sponsors this week that a state-to-state patchwork of LGBT rights underscores the need for a consistently applied federal law. Despite winning marriage equality at the Supreme Court, for example, gay people can still be fired in the dozens of states where LGBT discrimination remains legal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need a uniform federal standard that protects all LGBT Americans from discrimination,&rdquo; the letter says.<\/p>\n<p>Polls have show most Americans believe&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prri.org\/spotlight\/nearly-one-quarter-of-americans-oppose-same-sex-marriage-while-supporting-nondiscrimination-laws\/\">LGBT people should be protected from discrimination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every member of Congress should have to be counted and show exactly where they stand: either for or against full equality for all Americans,&rdquo; Sen. Merkley told BuzzFeed News in a statement. &ldquo;In 2017, any elected leader who wants to use their position to maintain outdated and discriminatory policies should have to stand up and explain why.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Several congressional Republicans have cited concerns from religious conservatives who claim their faith is at odds with accommodating LGBT people, particularly with selling merchandise for same-sex weddings.<\/p>\n<p>The Equality Act would not add new religious exemptions; rather, it would let stand the religious protections codified in existing civil rights laws. But at least one&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/dominicholden\/a-gop-congressman-is-planning-an-lgbt-nondiscrimination-bill?utm_term=.jk1O450b#.bv3e32Nj\">Republican lawmaker<\/a>&nbsp;and some&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/dominicholden\/the-gay-republican-moment?utm_term=.dy4WXONp#.xfGaw4NZ\">LGBT conservatives<\/a>&nbsp;have argued that the only way to advance LGBT nondiscrimination legislation in Congress with the current Republican majority is by adding new provisions for people with religious objections.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats in Congress plan to reintroduce legislation this month that would ban LGBT discrimination nationwide, despite facing a conservative majority that&rsquo;s been generally hostile toward the issue. 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