Post by Logan on Mar 7, 2016 23:05:25 GMT -6
RICHMOND -- A slew of gay-rights bills have been introduced in the General Assembly this year – all of them now dead for the session. But anyone looking to see which lawmakers voted them down will be disappointed.
Whether trying to prohibit anti-gay discrimination in housing, employment or public accommodations, whether passed by the state Senate or not, all of the failed measures shared a single fate in the end: killed by a House of Delegates subcommittee on an unrecorded voice vote.
What that means: In the state where a Norfolk couple won a landmark lawsuit en route to last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision guaranteeing the right to same-sex marriage, it’s difficult to discover where many state lawmakers stand on gay-rights issues.
In the arcane language of Virginia’s 400-year-old legislature, the anti-discrimination measures were “laid on the table” in Subcommittee No. 4 of the House General Laws Committee. The reality is they will receive no further consideration in this legislative session.
Read more: pilotonline.com/news/government/virginia/some-virginia-lawmakers-avoid-recorded-votes-on-gay-rights-issues/article_dda46ff5-6aae-51b8-b4cf-2dbc7322045b.html
Whether trying to prohibit anti-gay discrimination in housing, employment or public accommodations, whether passed by the state Senate or not, all of the failed measures shared a single fate in the end: killed by a House of Delegates subcommittee on an unrecorded voice vote.
What that means: In the state where a Norfolk couple won a landmark lawsuit en route to last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision guaranteeing the right to same-sex marriage, it’s difficult to discover where many state lawmakers stand on gay-rights issues.
In the arcane language of Virginia’s 400-year-old legislature, the anti-discrimination measures were “laid on the table” in Subcommittee No. 4 of the House General Laws Committee. The reality is they will receive no further consideration in this legislative session.
Read more: pilotonline.com/news/government/virginia/some-virginia-lawmakers-avoid-recorded-votes-on-gay-rights-issues/article_dda46ff5-6aae-51b8-b4cf-2dbc7322045b.html