Post by Logan on Feb 10, 2016 2:58:25 GMT -6
A small business owner, a reverend, lawmakers, a West Virginia University official and civil rights advocates on Tuesday spoke against a bill that purports to restore religious freedom in West Virginia.
Fairness West Virginia, the state’s LGBT rights advocacy organization, held a press conference in the lower rotunda of the state Capitol Tuesday morning.
Jeanette King, president and CEO of Strategic Resolution Experts, winner of the Small Business Administration’s West Virginia “2015 Small Business Person of the Year,” and a U.S. Navy veteran, spoke against the bill.
“There are men and women in the armed services from West Virginia who are part of the LGBT community who are still fighting for your freedom and your rights,” she said, “and this legislation is sending a message to them that says they are not worth fighting for, yet they can still fight and die for you and the people of our nation.”
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160209/diverse-group-opposes-religious-freedom-bill
Fairness West Virginia, the state’s LGBT rights advocacy organization, held a press conference in the lower rotunda of the state Capitol Tuesday morning.
Jeanette King, president and CEO of Strategic Resolution Experts, winner of the Small Business Administration’s West Virginia “2015 Small Business Person of the Year,” and a U.S. Navy veteran, spoke against the bill.
“There are men and women in the armed services from West Virginia who are part of the LGBT community who are still fighting for your freedom and your rights,” she said, “and this legislation is sending a message to them that says they are not worth fighting for, yet they can still fight and die for you and the people of our nation.”
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160209/diverse-group-opposes-religious-freedom-bill