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Title: Ga. Lawmakers Table Proposed Ban on Discrimination Against LGBT State Employees
Post by: Felix on March 13, 2012, 07:47:07 PM
Post by: Felix on March 13, 2012, 07:47:07 PM
EDGE Boston
Conswella Bennett
http://www.edgeboston.com/news/local/news/130867/ga_lawmakers_table_proposed_ban_on_discrimination_against_lgbt_state_employees_ (http://www.edgeboston.com/news/local/news/130867/ga_lawmakers_table_proposed_ban_on_discrimination_against_lgbt_state_employees_)
Drenner said her goal this year was to introduce HB 630 with sexual orientation and gender identity explicitly included. She said the bill's proponents wanted to see who would come out against it and to hear their arguments.
One such person who spoke out against HB 630 was Tanya Ditty, state director for the Concerned Women for America. During last month's hearing, Ditty said that such a measure would open the door to mandating the state hire pedophiles and necrophiliacs.
"Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Georgia strongly opposes the government granting special protected 'minority' status to those who define themselves by aberrant sexual preferences and changeable sexual behavior," wrote Ditty on her website.
Although Drenner found the group's concerns far-fetched, she said that she is glad that she has heard the opposition's arguments and concerns. She said sexual orientation and gender identity will be clearly defined in the bill the next time she introduces it.
Various groups have described the State Fair Employment Practices Act as an affirmative action bill that will create quotas. Drenner maintains that this is not the case.
Conswella Bennett
http://www.edgeboston.com/news/local/news/130867/ga_lawmakers_table_proposed_ban_on_discrimination_against_lgbt_state_employees_ (http://www.edgeboston.com/news/local/news/130867/ga_lawmakers_table_proposed_ban_on_discrimination_against_lgbt_state_employees_)
Drenner said her goal this year was to introduce HB 630 with sexual orientation and gender identity explicitly included. She said the bill's proponents wanted to see who would come out against it and to hear their arguments.
One such person who spoke out against HB 630 was Tanya Ditty, state director for the Concerned Women for America. During last month's hearing, Ditty said that such a measure would open the door to mandating the state hire pedophiles and necrophiliacs.
"Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Georgia strongly opposes the government granting special protected 'minority' status to those who define themselves by aberrant sexual preferences and changeable sexual behavior," wrote Ditty on her website.
Although Drenner found the group's concerns far-fetched, she said that she is glad that she has heard the opposition's arguments and concerns. She said sexual orientation and gender identity will be clearly defined in the bill the next time she introduces it.
Various groups have described the State Fair Employment Practices Act as an affirmative action bill that will create quotas. Drenner maintains that this is not the case.