Enact Equality Now - Use Executive, and Moral, Authority to Set Government-wide Precedent for LGBT Equality

We call on President Obama to use his executive authority now to show that the federal gov't treats lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people with dignity & respect by issuing executive orders, or amending existing ones, that set a gov't-wide precedent for equality. This should include: Nondiscrimination protections for federal & federal contractor employees based on sexual orientation & gender identity; Prohibition of federal funds being used to discriminate against LGBT Americans; A moratorium on deportations of foreign partners of LGBT Americans; Strong promotion of legislation to prevent bullying of students and to REPEAL the Defense of Marriage Act to include LGBT workers in federal benefits programs; And a statement declaring such priorities in his 2013 State of the Union Address