Obama's Failure To Mention LGBT Workers' Bill Angers Advocates

BuzzFeed - The president’s State of the Union address didn’t mention the Employment Non-Discrimination Act or the sought-after executive order to ban LGBT discrimination by federal contractors. “The longer the president waits the more damage LGBT people will face,” one advocate said. Mark Wilson / Getty Images In the White House fact sheets about tonight's State of the Union, the White House included this line about LGBT workers and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act: But, this is as close as President Obama got to mentioning the bill, at the very end of his speech: He did briefly mention marriage equality: View Entire List ›