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Title: Virginia: Legislating Tolerance
Post by: LostInTime on February 07, 2007, 08:44:33 AM
Post by: LostInTime on February 07, 2007, 08:44:33 AM
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State employers will be forbidden from discriminating against people based on sexual orientation if a proposed Senate bill is passed.
The Code of Virginia currently grants hearings for discrimination based on race, color, religion, political affiliation, age, disability, national origin or gender. Sen. Jeannemarie Devolites Davis is patron of SB 820, which would add sexual orientation to that list.
State employers will be forbidden from discriminating against people based on sexual orientation if a proposed Senate bill is passed.
The Code of Virginia currently grants hearings for discrimination based on race, color, religion, political affiliation, age, disability, national origin or gender. Sen. Jeannemarie Devolites Davis is patron of SB 820, which would add sexual orientation to that list.