[Vision2020] Hope in Idaho: Idaho lawmakers set to introduce anti-discrimination bill for gays today

Wed Jan 14 14:34:07 PST 2015

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To which I respond . . .

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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

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> On Jan 14, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not all can move on DC.  There will still be a number of religious zealots seething with rage and hung up on all things 'sex' that will remain stuck in their ways.  The Cd'A wedding mill, for example, will still be making a stink that it's their God mandated duty to carry on their cruelty toward gays.  Doug Wilson doesn't have anything up on his blog, yet, but I'm guessing he'll be blowharding soon on the topic since those with controlling personalities abhor being told what they aren't allowed to  do.
> 
> I'd like to see the bill passed now, but I have my doubts.
> 
> > From: areaman at moscow.com
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:13:30 -0800
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hope in Idaho: Idaho lawmakers set to introduce	anti-discrimination bill for gays today
> > 
> > A lot of people with (R)s behind their names quoted in that article. Maybe
> > enough now to get it handled. Then we can all move on.
> > 
> > Your pal
> > 
> > DC
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> > On Behalf Of Saundra Lund
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 11:41 AM
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Hope in Idaho: Idaho lawmakers set to introduce
> > anti-discrimination bill for gays today
> > 
> > http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jan/14/idaho-lawmakers-set-introduce-anti-discrimination-/
> > 
> > January 14, 2015 in Idaho
> > Idaho lawmakers set to introduce anti-discrimination bill for gays today
> > Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
> > 
> > BOISE - In unprecedented move today, the Idaho Legislature's House Ways &
> > Means Committee - the leadership-controlled panel that rarely meets until
> > late in the session - has announced a meeting for 5 p.m. to consider
> > introducing the "Add the Words" bill, the measure to amend the Idaho Human
> > Rights Act to add the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to
> > ban discrimination on those bases.
> > 
> > House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, will present the bill, along
> > with Rep. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, and Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb, D-Boise.
> > Once the bill's introduced, that would clear the way for a full hearing,
> > which House Speaker Scott Bedke and House State Affairs Chairman Tom
> > Loertscher said will be scheduled the week of Jan. 26.
> > 
> > Rep. Christy Perry, R-Nampa, Ways & Means chair, said the bill is "just the
> > four words," and only Rusche will speak on it at today's Ways & Means
> > meeting, which will be in the House Majority Caucus Room.
> > 
> > "It's time," said Bedke, R-Oakley. "We've consulted with Sen. (Brent) Hill,"
> > the Senate president pro-tem. "It was a collective feeling that we wanted to
> > have a hearing on a bill, not a hearing to introduce, and we can do that
> > easily." At this point, he said, the bill is the minority's bill. Proponents
> > have sought a hearing on the bill for the past nine legislative sessions
> > without success.
> > 
> > "I think that the legislative process needs to be open to all," Bedke said.
> > "All citizens have a right to petition . and come before the legislative
> > body, and we intend to facilitate that." He said, "I am not predicting any
> > outcome or guaranteeing any outcome, but the process is going to be open to
> > all. They'll come, they'll make their case, and I expect the committee to
> > vote their conscience. That's all we can expect from the system."
> > 
> > During last year's Idaho legislative session, more than 100 people were
> > arrested in repeated protests calling for a hearing on the bill. Wearing
> > black "Add the 4 Words" T-shirts, they blocked entrances to the Idaho Senate
> > until they were arrested and led away by police, standing silently with
> > their hands over their mouths, to signify that they hadn't been heard.
> > 
> > "We'll have a thorough hearing," Bedke promised. "If it takes multiple days,
> > that's fine. We want to hear everyone that wants to testify, on both sides.
> > I have full confidence that this will be done in a way that's befitting the
> > issue and befitting the legislative process."
> > 
> > In the years that the Legislature has resisted the anti-discrimination
> > legislation, nine Idaho cities, including Sandpoint, Coeur d'Alene and
> > Moscow and Lewiston, have passed local ordinances banning discrimination
> > against gays.
> > 
> > The Idaho Human Rights Act currently bans discrimination in housing,
> > employment and public accommodations on the basis of race, color, religion,
> > sex, national origin or disability, but not sexual orientation. That means
> > in Idaho, outside the nine cities, it's currently legal for someone to be
> > fired, evicted or denied service at a business solely because they are gay.
> > A statewide poll of Idahoans released last week, taken in late December,
> > found that 67 percent of Idahoans favor banning discrimination against gays.
> > 
> > The early convening of the Ways & Means Committee appears to set a record
> > for the Idaho House, coming on just the session's third day. Bedke said,
> > "That's OK." He said, "It's an issue that we want to address early in the
> > session."
> > 
> > 
> > 
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