Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici visited Columbia County recently and toured the new Broadleaf Arbor housing complex, met with the Columbia Pacific Economic Development District, and toured the Amani Center during her
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In his April 2021 State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass the Equality Act and pledged to sign it. The Equality Act would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Fair Housing Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) as protected classes.REF Congress passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act to provide federal protection from invidious discrimination on the basis of race an
immutable characteristic. It addressed systematic, legally sanctioned discrimination that deprived African Americans of material and economic benefits.
All people have inherent human dignity and should be treated with respect, and no one should be discriminated against simply because they identify as transgender or gay. But the Equality Act places a person’s