House Passes Transgender Rights Bill By 1 Vote
Bill Extends Anti-Discrimination Protections To Transgender Individuals
POSTED: 2:11 pm EDT April 8, 2009
UPDATED: 5:52 pm EDT April 8, 2009
http://www.wmur.com/politics/19128939/detail.htmlCONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire House reversed itself Wednesday and passed a bill extending anti-discrimination protections to transgender individuals by a single vote.
The House voted 181-149 last month to kill the bill but reconsidered Wednesday after a passionate appeal from House Speaker Terie Norelli to include transgender individuals in the state's anti-discrimination law.
The House debated more than three hours before voting 188-187 to send it to the Senate.
Republicans call it the "bathroom bill" based on the argument it would open all bathrooms to both men and women. Republicans said women and children would be put at risk if men came into the women's bathroom. They also complained the bill did not adequately define transgender individuals.
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Watch the video, it's just ridiculous!!!!!!
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