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Rights
Progress
The
President
signed
the
Lilly
Ledbetter
Fair
Pay
Act
,
restoring
basic
protections
against
pay
discrimination
for
women
and
other
workers.
President
Obama
recognizes
that
our
civil
rights
laws
and
principles
are
at
the
core
of
our
nation.
He
has
spent
much
of
his
career
fighting
to
strengthen
civil
rights
–
as
a
community
organizer,
civil
rights
lawyer,
Illinois
State
Senator,
U.S.
Senator,
and
now
as
President.
He
knows
that
our
country
grows
stronger
when
all
Americans
have
access
to
opportunity
and
are
able
to
participate
fully
in
our
economy.
Strengthen
Anti-Discrimination
Laws
On
January
29,
2009,
President
Obama
signed
the
Lilly
Ledbetter
Fair
Pay
Restoration
Act
to
ensure
that
all
Americans
receive
equal
pay
for
equal
work.
The
President
is
committed
to
expanding
funding
for
the
Justice
Department’s
Civil
Rights
Division
to
ensure
that
voting
rights
are
protected
and
Americans
do
not
suffer
from
increased
discrimination
during
a
time
of
economic
distress.
President
Obama
also
continues
to
support
the
Employment
Non-Discrimination
Act
and
believes
that
our
anti-discrimination
employment
laws
should
be
expanded
to
include
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity.
He
supports
full
civil
unions
and
federal
rights
for
LGBT
couples
and
opposes
a
constitutional
ban
on
same-sex
marriage.
marriage. He supports changing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell in a sensible way that strengthens our armed forces and our national security, and also believes that we must ensure adoption rights for all couples and individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation.
Lead
Criminal
Justice
Reform
The
President
will
lead
the
fight
to
build
a
more
fair
and
equitable
criminal
justice
system.
He
will
seek
to
strengthen
federal
hate
crime
legislation
and
will
work
to
ensure
that
federal
law
enforcement
agencies
do
not
resort
to
racial
profiling.
He
supports
funding
for
drug
courts,
giving
first-time,
non-violent
offenders
a
chance
to
serve
their
sentence,
if
appropriate,
in
drug
rehabilitation
programs
that
have
proven
to
work
better
than
prison
terms
in
changing
behavior.
President
Obama
will
also
improve
ex-offender
employment
and
job
retention
strategies,
substance
abuse
treatment,
and
mental
health
counseling
so
ex-offenders
can
successfully
re-join
society.
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