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Advocate.com March 28, 2012 09:24:06 PM ET
HOUSE APPROVES: Does Kansas Law Legalize Discrimination?
By Lucas Grindley
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/03/28/HOUSE_APPROVES_Kansas_Law_Legalize_Discrimination/Kansas lawmakers voted overwhelmingly today to pass a bill that opponents say legalizes discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Some Democrats joined Republicans in the House on the 89-27 vote, according to the Lawrence Journal-World. If the Senate follows suit and Governor Sam Brownback signs the bill, as he has indicted, then anyone could opt out of anti-discrimination laws that protect gays and lesbians by claiming they violate their "religious freedom."
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Kansas House Republicans pass bill that OKs anti-gay discrimination
By Brody Levesque
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/03/kansas-house-republicans-pass-bill-that-oks-anti-gay-discrimination/TOPEKA, Kansas — The Republican controlled Kansas state House on Wednesday evening passed a bill that would effectively legalize anti-gay discrimination based on religious objections.
In a party-line vote of 89-27, the House advanced legislation sponsored by Republican State Rep. Lance Kinzer (R-Olathe) that would allow a religious defense to discriminate against gays.
