U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
Committee Chairmen
The USCCB is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The following is from an October 31, 2013, letter to the U.S. Senate from Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, California, Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development; Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, Chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage; and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty regarding S. 815, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. We write to you regarding S. 815, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 (ENDA). Our purpose is to outline some of the serious concerns we have with this legislation and why we oppose it. All people are created in the image and likeness of God and thus possess an innate human dignity that must be acknowledged…
