A ‘Historic Vote’ On Sexual Orientation
November 12, 2007, 8:25pm
As part of C-SPAN’s “Newsmaker” program, reporters interviewed Rep. Tammy Baldwin about the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, House legislation that would prohibit employers from discriminating against people based on sexual orientation.
Baldwin, D-Wis., acknowledged that even though the House passed the bill, it is not likely to become law in the 110th Congress because President Bush has threatened to veto it. “It was a historic vote,” she said.
Baldwin avoided entering the debate over Sen. Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican who this summer pleaded guilty in charges related to alleged homosexual activity in an airport men’s room. “I haven’t the slightest idea,” Baldwin said when asked if Craig is gay, and she declined to comment on whether he is a hypocrite for opposing gay rights while purportedly engaging in homosexual relations.
Categories: Wisconsin, Labor, Gay Rights, Tammy Baldwin
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