Post by Logan on Jan 25, 2016 17:49:35 GMT -6
HRC, Lambda Legal Blast Indiana’s Latest ‘Super’ Anti-Gay Bills
On Monday, LGBT rights groups the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Lambda Legal blasted a slate of bills currently being considered by the Indiana legislature that address non discrimination protections for LGBT Hoosiers.
Last year, the state effectively legalized anti-LGBT discrimination with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). According to LGBT activists, the latest bills being considered by Indiana lawmakers not only fail to counteract the damage done by RFRA, they do more damage than RFRA did in the first place.
Camilla Taylor of Lambda Legal said in a statement,
Continued at www.towleroad.com/2016/01/hrc-lambda-legal-blast-indianas-latest-super-anti-gay-bill/ .
On Monday, LGBT rights groups the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Lambda Legal blasted a slate of bills currently being considered by the Indiana legislature that address non discrimination protections for LGBT Hoosiers.
Last year, the state effectively legalized anti-LGBT discrimination with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). According to LGBT activists, the latest bills being considered by Indiana lawmakers not only fail to counteract the damage done by RFRA, they do more damage than RFRA did in the first place.
Camilla Taylor of Lambda Legal said in a statement,
“These bills do not protect LGBT people from discrimination–instead, they intentionally legalize discrimination, and any senator who supports them is not helping LGBT Hoosiers.
We cannot risk further damage to the civil rights of LGBT people in Indiana. Lambda Legal cannot support any bill that excludes transgender people or that has damaging carve-outs and exemptions that target and hurt our communities. In these cynical and deceptive bills, the sheep’s clothing barely covers the wolf.”
We cannot risk further damage to the civil rights of LGBT people in Indiana. Lambda Legal cannot support any bill that excludes transgender people or that has damaging carve-outs and exemptions that target and hurt our communities. In these cynical and deceptive bills, the sheep’s clothing barely covers the wolf.”
Continued at www.towleroad.com/2016/01/hrc-lambda-legal-blast-indianas-latest-super-anti-gay-bill/ .