Tag: Anti-Gay Bill
Missouri GOP Senators Break Democrats’ 39 Hour Filibuster, Pass Anti-Gay Bill
Bill Will Legalize Anti-Gay Discrimination in State Constitution
Missouri Senate Republicans have just employed a tactic used mostly by the House and bulldozed a vote on SJR 39, an anti-gay "religious freedom" bill that would write discrimination into the state constitution.
At about 7:30 AM local time, Republicans broke the filibuster Missouri's eight Democratic senators had waged since Monday at 4:00 PM, even going so far as to literally silence the Democrats:
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The bill passed 23-9. It will require one more vote in...