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At Ination’s persistently high unemployment rate. a time when jobs are hard to come by, we need to Since the beginning of the Great Recession in 2007, do everything we can to support those companies millions of jobs have been lost in this country. Just and businesses that value workplace equality. If you before the president’s important speech, the federal have a choice between competing brands or stores government announced that zero jobs were added in when making purchasing decisions, check their the U.S. during the month of August. The national anti-discrimination and benefits policies before you unemployment rate has been stuck in the 9 percent give them your hard-earned money. range for months. In fact, the real rate of joblessness When it comes to economic development, is higher, because the official number only counts states and local communities should focus on those who have searched for work in the past four attracting companies that are inclusive in their weeks. Also missing from the 9 percent figure are employment policies. We need only look around those people who desire full-time work but are stuck the Metro Detroit area to see the municipalities that in part-time jobs. are thriving despite these tough economic times – In his speech, President Obama announced a they are places that have LGBT-inclusive human number of creative and thoughtful ideas to pull the rights ordinances and where our community feels country out of this jobs slump, including targeted tax safe and valued. cuts and spending on needed infrastructure repairs America’s long economic decline did not and other vital projects. begin under President As the president observed, Obama, but he is now people in both parties Too many Americans can responsible for getting have supported these our country out of ideas in the past. Without be fired from their jobs this mess. Contrary action by Congress, the to Republican claims, jobs picture will get because of their sexual the 2009 stimulus law worse. Unfortunately, did prevent this nation Congress is reluctant orientation or gender from sliding into an to spend any money to economic depression. do anything about the identity. Unfortunately, GOP unemployment situation. obstructionism limited Some of the congressional the financial value of opposition is ideological the overall package. – most Republicans are opposed to spending any In the coming months, the president should stand government money on anything, ostensibly because up for working people and against Republican it will add to the deficit. However, they have no intransigence on the economy. He began to do this such qualms about the impact of massive tax cuts last week in his speech to Congress. We should for the wealthy on the federal budget deficit and encourage President Obama to build upon this government debt. Most of the GOP opposition momentum and actively promote the American is political – Republican leaders want to deny Jobs Act in “every corner of this country,” as he said President Obama any political victories, and would he would do. Hopefully, he will continue speaking prefer for the unemployment rate to remain high as out on behalf of those who are struggling, and the president faces the voters in 2012. remind the nation that no one should be left behind. Like everyone else, LGBT citizens want jobs. The only way our economy will finally recover is In addition to the tough job market, gay job seekers when all segments of society are fully employed, face other obstacles when it comes to seeking and regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, keeping employment. In many places in the country, gender identity, or any other category. This is the including Michigan, a person has no legal recourse American Dream in the 21st century, and achieving to pursue if an employer fires her or him because of it is possible in the months and years ahead. sexual orientation or gender identity. Some states offer limited legal protections to LGBT workers, as do a number of local communities around the White House website for the American Jobs Act nation. Many private and public employers include http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/08/ LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination language in american-jobs-act employment contracts, and an increasing number of Contact your federal legislators and urge workplaces now offer domestic partner benefits to them to support legislative efforts to address employees. Still, too many Americans can be fired unemployment from their jobs because of their sexual orientation House member: www.house.gov or gender identity. For many years, an Employment Senator Carl Levin: http://levin.senate.gov/contact/ Nondiscrimination Act has been stuck in Congress.