Michigan Moves to Ban Local Nondiscrimination Laws

[KamaAina]

http://www.advocate.com/politics/2015/05/15/michigan-moves-ban-local-nondiscrimination-laws

A Michigan state lawmaker is leading the charge to obliterate LGBT employment protections ordinances in 38 cities across the Great Lakes State.

Republican Rep. Earl Poleski is pushing House Bill 4052, the "Local Government Employer Mandate Prohibition Act," currently under consideration by a Michigan House committee. The measure seeks to limit the ability of local governments to adopt, enforce, or administer certain local mandates for employers, specifically those protecting LGBT workers.

If passed, HB 4052 would prohibit counties, cities, and towns from adopting, enforcing, or administering any ordinance, policy, or resolution that regulates the relationship between an employer and its employees to a greater degree than that protected by state or federal law.

Those fighting the proposed law have dubbed it the "Death Star" bill, because it would impose strict state control over municipal governments.

[gollygee]

1. So they want more local control EXCEPT

when oppressed groups of people are being treated decently. Then, bigger government needs to step in and shut that down.