article_snippet.sent: On Wednesday President Obama’s Executive Order on LGBT Workplace Discrimination went into effect.
article_snippet.sent: President Obama’s Executive Order on LGBT Workplace Discrimination protects the rights of the LGBT community while in the employment of federal contractors and subcontractors.
article_snippet.sent: First, Our government already prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
article_snippet.sent: And second, we’re going to prohibit all companies that receive a contract from Our government from discriminating against all companies that receive a contract from the federal government from discriminating against their LGBT employees LGBT employees.
article_snippet.sent: America’s federal contracts should not subsidize discrimination against the American people.
highlights_snippet.sent: Comes after executive order on LGBT workplace discrimination took effect .