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GOP Blocks Another LGBT-Protections Bill

GOP Blocks Another LGBT-Protections Bill

Even after the world stepped up in support of LGBT citizens in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting, here in America, LGBT denizens are still fighting for protection.

Screenshot 2016-06-16 at 8.24.56 AMDemocratic Congressman Sean Maloney has, for the third time, reintroduced a bill that would prohibit federal contractors from working with agencies that still discriminate against employees based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

And, for the third time, the House Republicans have blocked it.

It was first introduced on May 19 of this year. When it was voted down, House Democrats chanted “Shame! Shame! Shame!” to the committee that stonewalled it. The following day, it was introduced again on the floor, but Paul Ryan’s band of merry men once again ruined its hopes of passing.

On June 15, we saw the same gavel come down on the bill, thwarting it yet again.

“We need to write discrimination out of our law right away,” Maloney said. “There can be no better tribute to these innocent victims in Florida than to say we as a country are going to make ourselves more perfect as a union by ending LGBT discrimination.”

More as the story develops.

 

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