The Equality Act now has the support of more than 500 corporations, according to the Human Rights Campaign, after dozens of additional businesses signed on to back the effort to pass a comprehensive federal LGBTQ rights bill that has stalled in Congress since the House of Representative passed it last year.
Eighty-seven corporations — including Stop & Shop, Sony, MetLife, Harley-Davidson, and McDonald’s — were added to the growing list of businesses that have thrown their weight behind the legislation, which would amend Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The hundreds of businesses make up what is known as the Business Coalition for the Equality Act — which now consists of 503 members, up from 416 as of last April.
