Apple CEO Tim Cook took to Twitter again to give his support to the Employee Non-Discrimination Act. The proposed bill would make it illegal for most employers to discriminate against hiring anyone based on gender identity or sexual orientation.
The act, dubbed ENDA, has been presented to Congress since 1994, but has yet to pass into law. Cook said on Friday that he believes the U.S. House of Representatives should mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, signed into law by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, by finally passing ENDA after 20 years.
Cook tagged Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, and Democratic Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer in his post.
Cook tweeted a second time, quoting “We Shall Overcome,” the iconic hymn of the American Civil Rights Movements. He included a photo of Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act while Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. looked on.
Cook has previously emphasized his support of ENDA, penning an editorial in The Wall Street Journal last November, where he urged U.S. senators to pass the act. The bill did pass, 64 to 32. The bill has yet to come up for a vote in the House.
