SB 2016-007: LGBTQ+ Rights Act (Passed Senate)

[Goldwater]

This amended version of the bill has my full support.

[Goldwater]

As for the people opposing this bill, I have a question. What makes it okay to discriminate against LGBT+ individuals?

Especially considering there are already anti-discrimination laws applying to minorities. I mean, if this was 1964, I would probably vote against the 1964 Civil Rights Act for the same reasons that my namesake did, but in a world where the 1964 Civil Rights Act is law it seems unfair that it wouldn't also apply to LGBT people. Basically. all I'm asking for is consistency in our laws.

[Goldwater]

FFS Pingvin, nobody here is trying to legalize necrophilia, pedophilia, bestiality, or anything like that.

[Goldwater]

Strongly oppose the bill, there are significant issues with religious liberty, therin.

We would not force a black businessman to bake a KKK cake. We should not force a Christian baker to violate their conscience either.

Except, you know, we already have anti-discrimination laws. Why should religious people get a special exemption from those laws?

[Goldwater]

AYE