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Title: West Virginia kills anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bill by huge margin
Post by: stephaniec on March 03, 2016, 06:14:32 PM
West Virginia kills anti-gay 'religious freedom' bill by huge margin

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/03/03/west-virginia-kills-anti-gay-religious-freedom-bill-by-huge-margin/

Pink News/By Joseph Patrick McCormick   03/03/2016

"Legislation in the US state of West Virginia which would have allowed businesses to discriminate against LGBT people has failed.

The bill, HB 4012, was killed in the Republican-controlled Senate by 27 votes to 7.

One of many Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) style bills across the US, the legislation had become toxic despite having supposedly taken on LGBT protections."
Title: Re: West Virginia kills anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bill by huge margin
Post by: Colleen M on March 03, 2016, 07:38:54 PM
I don't often get to say this about West Virginia (Splitters!), but good for West Virginia. 

Reading the article, I get the impression that money made the difference rather than morality, but I'll take what I can get.