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JordanWednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:55:00 PM EDT
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Mae Beavers is a Republican State Senator from Tennessee with a really hilarious name. However, what she is trying to do is no laughing matter:
Not only is this discriminatory, but it goes against the idea of local self-determination. Nashville is a place that tends to hold different values from the majority of Tennessee, and the city should decide what they want to do in terms of LGBTIQ issues, not some person from outside of the county with an agenda.NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A proposal that would prohibit local governments from creating anti-discrimination laws that are stricter than the state's is headed for a vote on the Senate floor.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet was approved 6-3 in the Senate State and Local Government Committee on Monday. The companion bill passed the House 73-24 last month.
The proposal would void a Nashville ordinance barring companies that discriminate against gays and lesbians from doing business with the city.
Under state law it is illegal to discriminate against a person because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, age or national origin.
Later in the article, Democratic State Senator Thelma Harper, who is a civil rights hero and who has been honored by the LGBT community before called the bill "mean-spirited". Yes, Thelma, it is mean spirited and a distraction from the other issues facing average Americans. Bait and Switch politics at work, everyone!!!!
However, it does not appear that if this legislation passes, it would be able to hold water. The Supreme Court, in Romer V. Evans, held that an amendment which banned localities from passing laws banning LGBT rights laws was unconstitutional due to it not being related to a rational state interest. Thus, this whole effort is an exercise in futility.
-Jordan Gwendolyn
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