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			STATE OF LOUISIANA

			EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

			   BATON ROUGE

		EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. EWE 92 - 7

WHEREAS, 	a portion of the population of our State is subject to 
		potential harassment and discrimination on the basis of sexual
		orientation; and

WHEREAS,	the result of this potential harassment, and discrimination is
		the denial to some Louisianians of rights, privileges or 
		benefits, solely on the basis of personal matters; and

WHEREAS,	it is inappropriate for government either to encourage or
		discourage, to condone or condemn in the area of sexual
		orientation;

NOW THEREFORE 	I, EDWIN W. EDWARDS, Governor of the State of Louisiana, by 
		virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
		laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order:

SECTION 1	No state agency or department shall discriminate on the basis
		of sexual orientation against any individual in the provision
		of any services or benefits by such state agency or department.

SECTION 2	No state agency or department shall discriminate on the basis
		of sexual orientation against any individual in any matter
		pertaining to employment by the state, including, but not
		limited to, hiring, promotion, tenure, recruitment, and	
		compensation.

SECTION 3	All contracts for the purchase of services by any state agency
		or department shall be awarded without discrimination on the
		basis of sexual orientation of the persons seeking such 
		contracts. Further, all such contracts shall include a 
		provision that the contractor shall not discriminate on the
		basis of sexual orientation in any matter realting to 
		employment.

SECTION 4	This Order shall take effect immediate upon promulgation.

						IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 
						hereunto set my hand officially
						and caused to be affixed the 
						Great Seal of the State of
						Louisiana, at the Capitol, in
						the City of Baton Rouge, on this						17th day of February, 1992.