Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 08:13:06 -0400 (EDT) From: David Casti Reply-To: LEGALinc@aol.com Subject: ACTION ALERT: Louisiana SB 981 and SB 1045 Submitted by: LEGALinc@aol.com LOUISIANA ELECTORATE OF GAYS AND LESBIANS (LEGAL) PO BOX 70344 NEW ORRLEANS, LA 70172 (504) 383-8033 BRIAN HARTIG DIR LEGAL Attention! Two bills of interest to the lesbians and gay men of Louisiana will be up tomorrow for a vote in a Senate committee. SB 981 -- the Human Rights Bill -- and SB 1045 -- the Equal Employment Bill -- will be heard in the Senate Labor and Industry Committee after 9:00 AM. The Human Rights Bill amends the statute which governs the Human Rights Commission to make it unlawful to discriminate based upon sexual orientation in the hiring/firing/promotion process, in housing and in financial matters. It also provides for the Human Rights Commission to study and investigate human rights violations and to report to the state legislature and governor yearly. The Equal Employment Bill makes it unlawful to discriminate based upon sexual orientation in the hiring/firing/promotion process. ***************************************************************** WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP PASS THESE BILLS Contact the members of the Senate Labor and Industry Committee -- particularly if these members are your senators -- and ask them to support these two bills. Tell your senator that neither bill provides for preferential treatment; neither bill provides for a quota system; neither bill applies to religious organizations; and neither bill applies to the federal government or the military. These bills simply make it unlawful to discriminate based upon an individual's sexual orientation. People should be hired, fired, promoted based upon their merit, not based upon who they are or aren't. ***************************************************************** TO CONTACT A SENATOR CALL (504) 342-2040. ***************************************************************** THE SENATE LABOR AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN James Cox, D-Lake Charles tel. no: 318-491-2313, 318-436-6611, fax: 318-491-2106 VICE-CHAIRMAN John Hainkel, R-New Orleans tel. no: 504-899-5506, 504-581-3838, fax: 504-581-4069 MEMBERS Mike Cross, D-Baton Rouge tel. no: 504-342-6191, fax: 504-342-0617 Jerry Hinton, R-Slidell tel. no: 504-643-4602, fax: 504-646-6498 Charles Jones, D-Monroe tel. no: 318-325-2644, fax: 318-325-2647 William McPherson, D-Pineville tel. no: 318-445-2537, fax: 318-445-8245 Louis Lambert, D-Baton Rouge tel. no: 504-342-2040 end