Indiana lawmakers won't study LGBT protections
Source: Indianapolis Star
Despite a push by Democrats, state lawmakers will not be conducting a public study of gay rights issues in advance of the next session.
The Legislative Council a group of top lawmakers from both chambers met Thursday to approve 40 topics for work by summer study committees before the 2016 session. They voted to look at issues at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and consider adding bars to the state smoking ban, but they opted not to consider adding sexual orientation to the state's civil rights law.
... Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said that doesn't mean the issue won't be discussed, it just won't happen in a public committee. Instead, the debate will "go on quietly through the summer," he said.
... "This isn't about politics, this is about what we are going to do public policy wise to show that Indiana is a truly welcoming state," said Senate Minority Leader Tim Lanane, D-Anderson. "Waiting another year is out of the question."
Read more: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/28/question-lawmakers-lgbt-protections-studied/28067423/
sakabatou
(42,186 posts)AngryDem001
(684 posts)Stryst
(714 posts)But best wishes for my LGBTQI fellows that have to live there.
Behind the Aegis
(54,014 posts)This is not surprising, least of all to GLBT people. What is a bigger shock is how many people don't realize how unequal LGBT people really are in the US.
SpankMe
(2,970 posts)The psychotic pursuit by Republicans everywhere of anti-abortion legislation and anti-gay fervor fill me with so much hatred of the conservative movement in this country that I almost can't sleep at night. I really wish they would all move to the South and then secede and let the rest of America move forward as history demands.