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Title: South Dakota Lawmakers Double Down on Anti-LGBT Discrimination
Post by: traci_k on February 12, 2016, 06:52:27 AM
South Dakota Lawmakers Double Down on Anti-LGBT Discrimination


http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/2/11/south-dakota-lawmakers-double-down-anti-lgbt-discrimination

The Advocate.com
By Dawn Ennis
February 11 2016 5:38 PM EST

South Dakota is making a name for itself as what may be America's most anti-LGBT state. The Senate Education Committee today passed a new bathroom bill that would adversely impact transgender students. But that was just one measure in a week full of anti-LGBT actions by state lawmakers.

On Monday, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed House Bill 1107, which the Human Rights Campaign called "extreme" legislation that if signed into law would authorize recipients of taxpayer funds to discriminate against same-sex couples, transgender people, and single mothers. Specifically, it would prevent the state from taking any punitive action against any entity that discriminates because of religious beliefs about sexuality, gender, and marriage.

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