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Beto O'Rourke's Public Statements on Issue: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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10/14/2019 Tweet - "The way you practice your faith within your place of worship is your business. But when you are providing services in the public sphere--and you deny equal treatment under the law based on someone's skin color or sexual orientation--then we have a problem."
10/14/2019 Tweet - "The way you practice your faith within your place of worship is your business. But when you are providing services in the public sphere--and you deny equal treatment under the law based on someone's skin color or sexual orientation--then we have a problem."
07/21/2019 Tweet - "In Texas, you can be fired for being gay. You can be denied a home for being gay. You can be barred from adopting a child who needs a loving family because you're gay. Discrimination is an urgent issue in our state. Discrimination against Chick-fil-A is not."
05/23/2018 Letter to the Honorable Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget Director - ICYMI: 127 Democrats Urge OMB Director Mulvaney to Reject Discriminatory Health Care Proposal
01/01/2018 Issue Position: Equality
08/29/2017 Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Representatives Urge Trump to Reverse Transgender Military Ban
08/04/2017 Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Trump's Ban on Transgender Military Servicemembers
07/14/2016 Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Prohibit LGBT Discrimination in Government Contracting
03/25/2015 Rep. Takano Part of Bipartisan Group to Reintroduce the Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act
03/06/2015 Brief of 167 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 44 U.S. Senators as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
12/15/2014 Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Director of Health and Human Services - Protect LGBT Unaccompanied Minors
09/29/2014 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Use Executive Action to Protect LGBT Immigrants
05/29/2014 Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - Human Rights Abuses in Honduras
03/18/2014 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Merkley Leads Over 200 Members of Congress in Calling for Executive Order Protecting LGBT Workers from Workplace Discrimination
08/02/2013 Letter to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Reevaluate Discriminatory Blood Donation Policy
03/01/2013 212 Members of Congress File Historic Amicus Brief on DOMA Case before U.S. Supreme Court
02/28/2013 Rep. O'Rourke Votes to Reauthorize and Strengthen the Violence Against Women Act; Bill Now Headed to President Obama
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