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(PA) Bill to overturn discrimination against gay employees stalled in Harrisburg
Bill to overturn discrimination against gay employees stalled in HarrisburgAugust 24, 2014
By Emma Brown / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pennsylvania is a state in which a same-sex couple can be married, then legally fired for it.
Same-sex marriage became legal in Pennsylvania when a federal district judge ruled in May that the commonwealth’s ban was unconstitutional, but the state remains the only one in the Northeast that does not ban discrimination in housing, workplace and public accommodation based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Proposed legislation that would address that conundrum — House and Senate Bill 300 — is sitting in committee in both chambers of the state Legislature.
If passed, the bill would amend the 1955 Pennsylvania Human Relations Act to include sexual orientation and gender expression under an umbrella of identities protected from different types of discrimination. The bill has bipartisan support, with a combined 125 sponsors in both chambers. Gov. Tom Corbett has said he plans to sign it if it passes....
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2014/08/24/Bill-to-overturn-discrimination-against-gay-employees-stalled-in-Harrisburg/stories/201408240051#ixzz3BKvpi75p
