Baptist Press publishes false statements about ENDA

Baptist Press claims:

Although Clinton didn't re-state her public opposition to “gay marriage,” she did say once again she supports same-sex civil unions, which grant homosexual couples the legal benefits of marriage.

Except, "civil unions" do not grant gay and lesbian couples the legal benefits of marriage. They only grant a limited subset of the over 1200 federal and state special rights which are granted to heterosexual couples. Ironically, many gay and lesbian people, including myself, oppose the passage of "civil union" laws because we are unwilling to accept second class status under the law.

Baptist Press also claims:

Clinton also re-stated her support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would ban discrimination against homosexuals, bisexuals and transgender people in both the public and private workplace. Pro-family groups have opposed ENDA because it equates homosexuality with such traits as race, ethnicity, gender and religion and because they say it would violate religious freedoms, forcing church ministries to hire people opposed to orthodox Christianity.

Of course, I don't believe for a moment that they actually believe this: ENDA very plainly contains an exemption for churches, so it's a flat lie to claim it would force churches to hire gay people if they don't want to.

So, I conclude that Baptist Press is bearing false witness.