Vice-President Biden doesn't see a "downside" to executive order banning anti-LGBT discrimination in workplace

Vice President Joe Biden says he sees no disadvantage to a presidential executive order banning anti-LGBT discrimination by federal contractors.

Could this be a prologue to the President issuing such an executive order?

Asked by The Huffington Post this week about his feelings on such an order, Biden said, “I don’t see any downside.” Activists have urged the president to issue such an order, saying it would provide protection to a large population of LGBT workers — all those working for companies doing business with the federal government — while antidiscrimination legislation remains pending in Congress. Obama has resisted so far, saying the legislative route is the better way to go.

Biden agreed that legislation is preferable, as it would cover a larger number of workers, but in saying there’s nothing to lose with an executive order, he may be dropping hints that the president is about to sign one — or perhaps providing the catalyst for him to do so.

Remember it was Biden’s statement of support for marriage equality two years ago that preceded Obama’s by just a few days.

Things that make you go "hmm..."

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