By Colby Itkowitz Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow May 17 at 12:17 PM The House passed legislation Friday to amend the decades-old Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
“The ability to have a job, to receive medical care or to rent a home should not depend on who someone is,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said during House debate. “We cannot accept the situation where anyone in this country can get married on Sunday and legally fired on Monday because of who they love.”
As Democrats applauded, the bill passed 236-to-173, with eight Republicans breaking ranks and joining all Democrats in backing the measure. It is unlikely to get a vote in the Republican-led Senate, and the White House has signaled that President Trump would veto the measure if it ever reached his desk.
“It is bad for freedom to force small business owners all across this country to provide services or products to the public that may violate their deeply held faith-based convictions,” said Rep. Ross Spano . “Again, allowing the state to essentially impose from above top down its own moral codes and rules in place of those of the individual.”
Speaker Pelosi, Now that you've got this bill passed, could you start speaking out on the benefit of having more Somalian and Syrian refugees resettle in Rust Belt states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin,so Democrats can lock down that demographic for the 2020 election?
And only 900 likes. How freaking pathetic
How about Equality for EVERYONE?
But will the senate pass it
RepMarshall quit confusing your Kansas constitutes KansasDems
Is this really worth the paper it's written on? You left out discrimination of black people & other minorities & the most bruised & injured elephant in the room . 'WOMEN' What the hell are you guys about when you're so selective about the whole spectrum of hate? GET IT RIGHT.
Take the hollow Statue of Liberty down, go back to the dark ages, is that where trump is leading USA to?
But senatemajldr will make sure Democracy dies in the United States Senate.
You people are a bunch of idiots. There is no segregation in this country anymore. You don’t have better things to do with your time ?
As a Christian, this bill greatly imposes lifestyles in our schools and businesses that go against my beliefs and God.
That’s all you Democrats pass. Worthless bills that have no chance of passage until you take full control and that will never happen.
What a great game, pass very important laws in the house, send it to the Senate to get shut Down (just bc the Democrats voted for it) then boom the Democratic base grows stronger to eventually flip the Senate too!
Knowing the Senate and old man turtle, this probably won’t even be put to a vote
🌈We are 💯% with our LGBTQ fellow Americans🌈 We reject Apartheid in USA. Equal Rights For All. Women control their own bodies. It’s traumatic but it has to be her decision. For prosperous,happy&healthy society, abortions should be easily available, safely performed & affordable
Right thing to do!!! So now have military put those Americans targeted by TRUMP GOP AND WH BACK INTO THEIR AND OUR MILITARY!!! LET THEM SERVE!!!
Kato15879487 Even if it does get thru the Senate Trump will veto
Gender identity is a falsehood. Ridiculous to have a bill focused on delusions
Great guys kicking girls asses in sports they can’t compete fairly in.......And so born in the whack job house and so shall wither and die in the whack job house......🙄
Shame they didnt think this way in Ohio, Alabama, Georgia and Missouri
It’ll never get through the senate and will be vetoed. Why don’t the House Democrats work on something useful. This bill violates Free Speech.
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Doesn't do one bit of good if the Senate is not voting on s***.this is why people throw up their hands and go f*** it I'm tired of voting for people I'm tired of politics. I'm more let's remove them physically and install new good people today. The GOP has got to go
Don't get excited, people... Bitch McConnell is sitting on hundreds of bills passed by this house and refuses to even bring them to the floor.
Does this goes to the Senate for a vote?
Good luck getting that by McConnell.
In a truly free and democratic nation, this bill shouldn't even have to be considered
This will die in the Senate, like every other good measure passed by the House. House leadership, beginning with SpeakerPelosi on down, must call out and denounce Republican corruption and game playing all day, every day. GOPCorruption
So sick of hearing this!
Despite gerrymandering, we actually have a House that reflects the will of the people. Regrettably 30% of the nation’s populace in red states control 50 seats in the Senate. And everything comes crashing down.
Was a match just struck in the Darkenment?
Mitch? Where’s Mitch? Mitch? Oh, Mitch?
Blimey.
Bravo! Now if the balls in the senates court.
Great! Now go and write the articles of impeachment!
The Security Council is usually bad and must be abolished. The world depends on the United Nations to vote on a majority resolution
People with mental disabilities should not be discriminated against but they should receive proper treatment for their delusions.
Of course the Senate won’t even vote on it and SCOTUS is poised to gut the court precedents we currently have for this.
Meaningless.
Good thing the Ds have a robust communications and messaging network and don’t have to merely depend on being tweeted
JohnCornyn is this one headed to the Senate Graveyard too? SenSchumer
Why has it taken until 2019 to do this?
Dies in the Senate.
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