Tag: 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: https://twitter.com/walshgina/status/707559300751892482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/SarahKRossi/status/707558879249494016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The bill passed 23-9. It will require one more vote in...