Obama wrote that the legislation would help grow the nation’s economy. Obama blogs in favor of ENDA

In a blog post, President Barack Obama is encouraging Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

“Right now, in 2013, in many states a person can be fired simply for being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender,” Obama wrote in a blog on The Huffington Post published Sunday.


“It’s offensive. It’s wrong. And it needs to stop, because in the United States of America, who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense,” the president added.

The president wrote that ENDA, which the Senate is expected to take up as soon as Monday and would expand protections against discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gender identity, “ought to be the law of the land.”

Obama added that the legislation would also help in growing the nation’s economy and job sector and build upon past efforts on equality such as ending “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the Supreme Court striking down the Defense of Marriage Act.