Monday, January 26, 2015
Though same-sex marriage is legal in 36 states and Washington, D.C., more than 111 million people, or 35 percent of Americans, live in states that have marriage but where LGBT people are not fully protected from discrimination in the workplace. And more than 206 million people nationwide live in states where every LGBT person lacks fully-inclusive statewide workplace sexual orientation and gender identity protections.There is some good news, though. A bill was introduced this year that seeks to fix this.
In Arizona, although a bill potentially allowing for discrimination against LGBT people on the basis of religious beliefs was defeated in the last session, it is likely that anti-equality lawmakers will reintroduce the bill in 2015. Advocates in Arizona, working closely with business leaders, hope to defeat that measure and build support for statewide non-discrimination legislation.
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