Protecting Some

From BBC:
"Obama signs order protecting some gay workers"

President Barack Obama has signed an order banning federal government contractors from discriminating against gay and transgender workers. The executive order follows years of pressure from gay rights groups. Mr Obama cannot extend the protection to all American workers, however.

The order comes after far broader anti-discrimination legislation stalled in the Republican-led House of Representatives. But it still applies to nearly a quarter of US workers.  The order also extends anti-discrimination protection to transgender workers in the federal government itself. Gay federal workers are already protected against discrimination."It doesn't make much sense, but today in America, millions of our fellow citizens wake up and go to work with the awareness that they could lose their job, not because of anything they do or fail to do, but because of who they are - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender," Mr Obama said at the White House. "And that's wrong. We're here to do what we can to make it right - to bend that arc of justice just a little bit in a better direction." Eighteen states have already banned workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, as have more than 200 cities and other local governments. The executive order did not include an exemption for religious organisations that contract with the federal government. Mr Obama also called on Congress to pass a far-reaching bill called the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (Enda), which passed the Democratic-controlled US Senate last year but has since languished in the Republican-led House of Representatives. That legislation would bar employers with 15 or more workers from making employment decisions - hiring, firing or compensation - based on sexual orientation or gender identity.  But Republican House Speaker John Boehner opposes the bill, arguing it could lead to lawsuits and hinder job creation.

^ On the surface this sounds like a good thing, but another one of his Executive Orders (he seems to have so many of them) helped everyone but openly excluded the disabled (the group that deserves and needs the most help and protection out of all the other groups.) This Order may not have any "hidden" items or groups  - and I hope it doesn't - but you never know with him. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28414186