ENDA activists avoid prison time
Posted on April 9, 2010
Filed Under 365Gay, News
Four lesbian activists who earned the nickname “the ENDA 4” for staging a protest – and getting arrested – at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Washington, D.C., office will not face any prison time, a judge ruled Tuesday.
ENDA is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that has been held up in a House committee since last year. The activists want the bill to come to a House vote.
While the charges against the group were dropped, the four women affiliated with the gay advocacy group Get Equal [1] were ordered to stay away from Pelosi’s office for the next six months, according to Metro Weekly [2].
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In addition, the women – Chastity Kirven, Janine Carmona, Michelle Wright and Samantha Ames – are barred from engaging in “disruptive behavior” around the Capitol for the next six months.
Ames and Carmona, who are both D.C. residents, also must perform 60 hours of community service. The other two are exempt from community service because they live outside the District.
Claire Morris Clark, the attorney representing the ENDA 4, told Metro Weekly, “This is a very good outcome.”
[1] http://getequal.org/
[2] http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=5054
[3] http://www.365gay.com/wp-content/uploads/news-rainbow-gay-flag-top.jpg
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