Posted on 01/23/2009 3:47:45 PM PST by SolitarySaint
The Virgina House quietly turned back an effort by gay rights activists to make homosexuals a protected class with respect to housing in Virginia.
[A] House sub-committee defeated HB 1625, a major homosexual rights agenda item. The bill would have created sexual orientation as a protected class in housing discrimination laws by allowing local jurisdictions to carve out their own housing policies irrespective of the Commonwealth’s current code.The House General Laws Sub-Committee on Housing, by a 4-3 vote, tabled the bill by Delegate David Englin (D-45, Alexandria), as amended. When he introduced the it before the committee Delegate Englin admitted previous incarnations of the bill were geared to sexual orientation. But he said his new bill was broader and protected no particular class of people.
(Excerpt) Read more at com-con.us ...
Most of these "protect the homosexuals" laws usually fail to require DEMONSTRATIONS that would prove one's status.
It’s hilarious to watch the gay persecution complex play out.
Everyone wants to be a miserable, persecuted minority because it PAYS.
Thanks for posting this! I live in Va. and am ashamed to say that I was not aware of this.
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