Sexual Orientation Discrimination
April 25, 2005 @ 08:35 AMDoes anyone have any insight into what’s going on in Washington State right now?? Apparently, the recent changes to the anti-discrimination laws that would have added sexual orientation to the protected list was unable to pass the state senate.
I’m assuming that there’s some back story I’m completely unaware of—hence my appeal to any readers to make sense of the situation. For one thing, both the state house and state senate are controlled by liberal politicians getting their pockets filled with gay-rights dollars… so on a strict party-line vote, this should have passed.
But here’s what I don’t get… from reading the bill (skimming.. those suckers are LONG), it seems harmless enough. Sexual orientation should be added as a protected class with regards to employment. The bill specifically includes all sexual orientations, not just homosexual. So what’s the problem??? I mean, I’ll argue against gay marriage all day long, but workplace discrimination is an entirely different subject, and a bill like this from what I’ve seen should not be facing any serious opposition.
So, back to my original suspicion that there’s some back story I’m unaware of. Does anyone know what it is? It would be nice to know why something like this stalled. If enough people are actually AGAINST the bill, then I fear there is something in it I’m unaware of.