perfectly legal to go into an employee and say, you know what? you are doing a great job but you're gay so you're fired. that's legal in much of the country and it's legal under federal law because congress has never passed what's known as the enda law, e-n-d-a which was a great cause of senator edward kennedy, senator jeff merkley of oregon has taken it over. it's almost passed the senate, it has no chance in the house under republican leadership. but those two issues really are at the center of the civil rights agenda for gay rights supporters at the moment. >> and the employer non-discrimination act. some people loogs add thk at th and say the lgbt community should be a protected class, much the way that people are protected because they are a