Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 7 states All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. ; Whereas many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals experience discrimination throughout the scope of their lives including in acquiring credit, seeking jobs, accessing public accommodations, attending school, receiving services, renting a home, and performing their civic duty as a juror; Whereas Americans of every age, every faith, every political party, and every socio-economic background recognize discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals to be a serious problem; Whereas religious liberty and nondiscrimination laws have long co-existed; Whereas existing Federal law and recent executive actions provide some protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers, students, and Federal program recipients; Whereas the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and New York (plus the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment and housing, and New Hampshire and Wisconsin prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment and housing