Monday, February 20, 2017

VA house sends antiLGBT freedom-to-discriminate bill to Dem Gov., who vows veto; here's every Rep. and Sen. who voted against LGBTs

From HRC:
     HB 2025 could allow taxpayer-funded organizations, like homeless shelters and adoption agencies, to refuse service to same-sex couples, transgender people, and anyone suspected of having intimate relationships outside of a heterosexual marriage (such as single mothers or a cohabiting straight couple) without losing taxpayer funding, contracts, licensing, or other forms of state recognition...
     “Let’s be clear, HB 2025 is nothing more than a thinly veiled legislative assault on LGBTQ Virginians and visitors to the state,” said HRC Senior Vice President for Policy and Political Affairs JoDee Winterhof. “The measure has nothing to do with the right to practice one’s religion -- which is already firmly protected in the U.S. Constitution -- and everything to do with enshrining taxpayer-funded discrimination against LGBTQ people into law. Just as we saw in North Carolina, HB 2025 would no doubt inflict profound harm on Virginia’s people, reputation, and economy. Governor McAuliffe must follow through on his promise to veto this repulsive proposal.”
Virginians: here are links to lists of every legislator who passed antiLGBT bill in the Senate. The House vote, when broken down by representative, will be linked to here.

In the mean time, here is a raw tabulation of today's antiLGBT House vote, without party affiliation information:

YEAS--Adams, Albo, Anderson, Austin, Bell, Richard P., Bell, Robert B., Bloxom, Byron, Campbell, Cline, Cole, Collins, Cox, Dudenhefer, Farrell, Freitas, Garrett, Gilbert, Greason, Habeeb, Head, Helsel, Hodges, Hugo, Ingram, Jones, Kilgore, Knight, Landes, LaRock, Leftwich, LeMunyon, Lingamfelter, Marshall, D.W., Marshall, R.G., Massie, Miller, Miyares, O'Bannon, O'Quinn, Orrock, Peace, Pillion, Pogge, Poindexter, Ransone, Robinson, Rush, Ware, Webert, Wilt, Wright, Yancey, Mr. Speaker--54.

NAYS--Aird, Bagby, Bell, John J., Bourne, Boysko, Bulova, Carr, Davis, Edmunds, Filler-Corn, Hayes, Heretick, Herring, Hester, Holcomb, Hope, James, Keam, Krizek, Levine, Lindsey, Lopez, McQuinn, Mullin, Murphy, Plum, Price, Rasoul, Sickles, Simon, Stolle, Sullivan, Torian, Toscano, Tyler, Villanueva, Watts, Yost--38.

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