Legislators will again look at adding sexual orientation and gender identity to classes protected under the state’s anti-discrimination law.
Senate Minority Leader Edgar Malapeai, D-Pocatello, has put forward a bill that would make it illegal to fire (or refuse to hire) someone, or deny someone housing, because he or she is gay. A similar bill was introduced in 2008, but it died in committee.
Malapeai said it’s simply the right thing to do to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the state Human Rights Act, which already covers creed, color, sex, and national origin. The senator said that as things are people who feel they have been fired from a job because they are gay have no recourse.
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