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Friday, January 9, 2015

A New Virginia Bill Would Let Schools, Hotels, Restaurants, and Hospitals Turn Gays Away

Nearly a year ago, Kansas legislators quietly attempted to legalize anti-gay segregation, abandoning the effort only after a national wave of outrage arose. Now a Republican delegate in Virginia is attempting to replicate Kansas’ effort—with a bill so extreme, so radically and viciously anti-gay, that it makes Kansas’ measure look moderate by comparison.
The Virginia bill, introduced by Del. Bob Marshall, is actually quite ingenious in its complete degradation of gay citizens. Like every “religious liberty” measure introduced over the past year, its true intent is to legalize discrimination against gay people.

Read more:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/01/08/virginia_anti_gay_bill_would_let_schools_and_hospitals_turn_gays_away.html

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