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?Attorney General Reverses Curbs On Gay Group at Justice Department?

By Ann Bartow

From the WaPo:

Five years after a gay advocacy group was told that it could no longer use the e-mail, bulletin boards and meeting rooms at the Justice Department, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey has reversed that decision and issued a revised equal-employment-opportunity policy barring discrimination against any group.

Mukasey informed leaders of DOJ Pride last week that the department would give it the same rights as all other DOJ employee organizations, said the group’s president, Chris Hook. In a statement, Mukasey said the department will “foster an environment in which diversity is valued, understood and sought” and maintain “an environment that’s free of discrimination.”

The article notes that this reverses the discriminatory policies of AGs John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales.

–Ann Bartow

Full post as published by Feminist Law Professors on February 06, 2008 (boomark / email).