From homoradio-owner@abacus.oxy.edu Tue May 6 12:51:59 1997 Received: from sophri.oxy.edu (root@sophri.cc.oxy.edu [134.69.3.111]) by abacus.oxy.edu (8.6.10/8.6.11) with ESMTP id MAA12067 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 12:51:58 -0700 Received: from abacus.oxy.edu (root@abacus.oxy.edu [134.69.1.153]) by sophri.oxy.edu (8.8.2/8.8.2) with SMTP id MAA22527 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 12:46:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by abacus.oxy.edu (8.6.10/8.6.11) id MAA11886; Tue, 6 May 1997 12:44:52 -0700 Received: from emout16.mail.aol.com (emout16.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.42]) by abacus.oxy.edu (8.6.10/8.6.11) with ESMTP id MAA11881 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 12:44:48 -0700 From: RadioGage@aol.com Received: (from root@localhost) by emout16.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0) id PAA29325; Tue, 6 May 1997 15:44:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 15:44:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <970506154227_1456862217@emout16.mail.aol.com> To: TWORadio@aol.com, PNOLucia@aol.com, TWOclf@aol.com, CommNews@aol.com, rdh1019@freenet.tlh.fl.us, homoradio@abacus.oxy.edu, Helmsmann@aol.com cc: RLKottwitz@aol.com, Pegginsone@aol.com Subject: NH Senate passes anti-discrimination bill Sender: homoradio-owner@abacus.oxy.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: RadioGage@aol.com Content-Length: 2469 X-Lines: 51 Status: RO The New Hampshire Senate has passed a bill protecting the state's lgbt community from discrimination in housing, jobs, and public accomodations. The Republican-dominated senate approved the measure (HB421) on a 13 to nine vote making New Hampshire the tenth state to approve this legislation. The House of Representatives passed the bill earlier in the session on a 205 to 125 vote. Senator Debora Pignatelli (D-Nashua) brought the bill to the floor on behalf of the Senate's Internal Affairs Committee. She told the 24-member chamber, "We live in a state with the motto 'Live Free or Die'. That means different things for many people. This about freedom for ourselves, our families, and others." HB 421 had the support of many religious organizations, both Christian and Jewish, including the Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, who had previously opposed the anti-discrimination measure. There are several exemptions in the bill allowing employers of six or fewer workers to remain unaffected by the law, as well as private clubs, social, fraternal, charitable, educational or religious associations or corporations. Few opponents spoke out against this measure. Senator Gary Francoeur (R-Hudson) read from a several-paged prepared statement in which he said this bill would pose a serious threat to boys and to employers in the state. He read off several examples of cases where gay people were laid off, and then sued their former employers under anti-discrimination laws. "HB421 could be a mighty weapon to use against employers. America favors equal rights not special rights for homosexuals." But Senator Clesson Blaisdell (D-Keene) argued that discrimination has no place in New Hampshire. Blaisdell quoted an adage he learned in school. "What God creates God does not hate. We got to get rid of discrimination." This affirmative vote of the New Hampshire Senate means the bill heads to the desk of Governor Jeanne Shaheen who has pledged to sign it. Susan Gage RadioGage@aol.com ****************************************************************************** To subscribe to the list, email MAJORDOMO@abacus.oxy.edu the one line message 'subscribe homoradio'. To unsubscribe to the list, email MAJORDOMO@abacus.oxy.edu with the one line message 'unsubscribe homoradio'. To send a message to the entire list "homoradio", email homoradio@abacus.oxy.edu *******************************************************************************