Kansas Governor Bans Discrimination! I Don't Think We're In Kansas Anymore, Toto?

Just got this from the Human Rights Campaign:

Kansas governor signs executive order banning discrimination in the workplaceJust in time for the federal Labor Day holiday, this morning, Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius signed an executive order that will prohibit discrimination against GLBT state employees.

The executive order, which takes effect immediately, will protect more than 37,000 Kansas state employees from being fired due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Thomas Witt at the Kansas Equality Coalition, who worked with HRC on the language of the governor's executive order that was signed around 11am today, issued a press release calling this a great step of progress:“We commend Gov. Sebelius for her commitment to fairness and equality,” said Equality Coalition Chair Thomas Witt. “We have always known that Kansans are fair-minded people. We are thrilled to see the governor taking this first, important step toward bringing the most basic of rights to state workers.”