A Good Question Without A Good Answer
By The salutary executive order on the minimum wage does indeed make this failure more glaring:
White House press secretary Jay Carney’s abrupt response Monday to a question about protections for LGBT workers reflects the unusual position the White House finds itself in — and the unanswered questions many have for the administration — when it comes to a proposed executive order to bar federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees or job applicants.
Certainly, the closest the administration has come to an explanation — a focus on the ENDA — makes absolutely no sense as of 2011, since the legislation is DOA in the House under any possible circumstance. This is a lacuna in Obama’s otherwise excellent record on LBGT rights that really needs to be addressed quickly.