LGBTQ Discrimination Discussed In Senate

Missouri does not have a law banning discrimination against LGBT individuals in the workplace or for housing purposes. A state Senate committee is reviewing whether to ban Missouri businesses from refusing someone housing, a loan, use of a public bathroom, or firing a worker due to that person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Ray McCarty, with a business group called Associated Industries of Missouri, says his members are opposed to the bill that would expand Missouri’s Non-Discrimination Act…

Teresa Nichols, a Missouri citizen who supports the bill, says she’s grown increasingly alarmed about the well-being and safety of her friends and family due to Missouri bills and laws that she says will hurt people. The Senate committee has not yet voted on the proposal.

(From Missourinet)