Mike Matthews is at the hearing, and he tweets about a number of speakers before the committee, including David Anderson, that were concerned about this bill’s impact on children. Apparently they are all somehow concerned that this anti-discrimination bill, that will prevent bigots from firing gays simply because they are gay, will lead to the state forcing parents to teach their kids about the evil gays. I will say it here and I will say it loud: religious conservatives with such fears are either so stupid that they are legally incapcitated, or so insane that they require confinement in mental instititutions. Either way, it’s not good. All this bill does is prevent these hate filled bigots from discriminating against homosexuals. I know, I know, it’s horrible. Who will they hate now?
Via Matthews’ twitter account:
Sen. Blevins just sarcastically informed the previous speaker that bill does nothing like teaching kids in school about sexual orientation.
Sen. Blevins thanked Sen. Sokola for his leadership. Also thanks Reps. Schwartzkopf and Oberle for their work on this bill.
Sen. Blevins says the bill is being unanimously released from committee.
Crowd erupts in cheers as the bill is voted out.