A lawsuit filed in Nashville challenging a new state law says the legislation voids school board policies that protect gay and lesbian students from bullying and harassment, but the law’s sponsor disagrees.
The law prohibits local governments from creating anti-discrimination regulations that are stricter than the state’s and repealed a Nashville city ordinance barring companies that discriminate against gays and lesbians from doing business with the city. Nashville’s ordinance was broader than the state’s anti-discrimination laws, which only cover race, creed, color, religion, sex, age or national origin.
Attorney Abby Rubenfeld, who represents three Nashville councilmember and other residents of the city in the lawsuit, filed the lawsuit last Monday after the bill was signed into law in May. She said the text of the statute is written broadly enough that it could render invalid anti-bullying and harassment policies enacted by school boards that include sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Well, that was quick. It seems that lots of people were displeased about Kansas House Bill 2260. You know, the bill that says you can hate on gay and trans people all you want, as long as you do it in the name of God.
