Kavips is a must read this morning. He reports the dramatic scene as Sen. Peterson rose to suspend the rules to get HB1 to the Senate floor. The confrontation between DeLuca and Peterson in the caucus room, and their race to see who could get to Speaker Gilligan first. And the great secret of why HB1 was allowed to pass:
Reading between the lines we are beginning to see that the passage of this bill so easily through the Senate, portends that the current leadership is very worried that HB 5 may pass and was willing to give this up to insure that HB 5 gets voted down…. It’s that important to them that non heterosexuals do not have rights at work…
Bigotry is Adams’ guiding light.