But it’s not just local lawmakers standing in the way of progress for the gay community. The U.S. Senate has the opportunity this month to pass the, a law that would federally prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation — if enough Republicans get on board to pass it.
Jayapal and the others have a good reason to speak up: because it works. As Sasha Issenberg, author of “The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage,” has written, gay marriage is legal today because of similar pressure activists applied more than a decade ago.
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