Missouri LGBT Legislative Preview
By vital - Posted on January 26th, 2010
BY: AMANDA WICHERN
http://thevitalvoice.com/node/6213 (http://thevitalvoice.com/node/6213)
As we creep toward the one-year mark since the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA) got its first hearing on the Senate floor after an eight year halt, supporters aren't ready to give up the fight.
The Senate was so last season. The House is all the rage this year and would be a benchmark in adding sexual orientation and gender identity protections to the state's existing Human Rights Statute. The new additions would make it illegal to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Missourians in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodation.