I am proud to have the endorsement of the Human Rights Campaign and promise to continue to work as a human rights advocate and ally as we push back against the daily assault on the progress we've made.
Continue to work as a human rights advocate and ally.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Scanlon said she would "continue to work as a human rights advocate and ally" and cited her support for LGBTQ equality.
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Her biography says she has dedicated her career to serving the most vulnerable and lists voting rights, access to justice, and women's rights among her priorities.
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Scanlon said, "I will not stop fighting to make the Equality Act the law of the land."
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Congress.gov shows Scanlon cosponsored H.R.4602, introduced July 13, 2023, to replace "wives" and "husbands" in federal law with "spouses".
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Scanlon hosted a press conference with LGBTQ civil rights leaders to urge passage of the Equality Act.
Assessments
This is a rhetoric-only promise, and the record shows Scanlon continued the same human-rights and LGBTQ-equality advocacy she pledged during her campaign while in office, including public calls for the Equality Act and cosponsorship of related civil-rights legislation. The promise was about ongoing conduct rather than a discrete policy outcome, and the available evidence supports that she carried it out during her term.
The promise was broad and advocacy-oriented rather than a specific legislative outcome. The evidence shows Scanlon continued public and legislative advocacy for LGBTQ equality and related human-rights priorities during her congressional service, including Equality Act advocacy, cosponsorship of marriage-equality terminology legislation, and work with civil-rights leaders. Because the pledged action was to continue serving as an advocate and ally, not to guarantee enactment of a particular bill, the record supports fulfillment.