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Posts tagged
'HB 1228'

Fayetteville ordinance: the good vs. the perfect

A few weeks back a fundraising invitation arrived from "For Fayetteville," the ballot group supporting an antidiscrimination ordinance to be considered by the city's voters on Sept. 8. After several days of pondering, I ultimately decided to drop by the back room of Doe's in Little Rock with a small check. The reason for the hesitation: The ordinance has real flaws in terms of the breadth of its religious exemptions.
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Effort to refer anti-anti-discrimination law to popular vote is dropped

Arkansans to Protect Local Rights said on Thursday it was stopping its petition drive to repeal Act 137 via referendum. There are likely several reasons behind the decision.
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Lockheed Martin is a company that stands for LGBTQ rights. How about in Arkansas?

The defense contractor has a long record of supporting LGBTQ rights. Now it's seeking economic development incentives from a state that's branded itself as among the nation's least friendly to LGBTQ people.

Gov. Hutchinson post-session: 'We accomplished our agenda.'

Governor Asa Hutchinson met with print reporters this morning for a post-session rundown of accomplishments, with Hutchinson talking about topics ranging from the private option to HB 1228 to the authorization for a monument to the Ten Commandments on Capitol grounds.
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A HB 1228 post-mortem

It has remained befuddling that many remain oblivious to the fact that LGBT folks can be fired or denied access to housing or public accommodations — whether or not the basis of that discrimination is religious.

Asa the governor, Seth the labor organizer

Gov. Hutchinson's youngest son talks about his hopes for a broad movement for social, economic and environmental justice.
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What HB 1228 was really about

Before and after protests, it remains legal to discriminate against LGBT people in Arkansas.

And speaking of same-sex marriage: The unspoken words of John Walker

State Rep. John Walker, the civil rights advocate, has had many fine moments in a storied career, but a speech he wrote against the anti-gay HB 1228 was one of the finest, even if it wasn't delivered on the floor of the House.
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Out in Arkansas: crowdfunding a new LGBTQ publication

The Arkansas Times is launching a crowdfunding campaign to support a new independent website devoted to LGBTQ topics. We know that there are still large numbers of Arkansans, including a significant number of policymakers, who believe they don’t know any gay people, who believe that there is no discrimination against gay people. We want to introduce them to their neighbors through the power of reporting.

Governor's spokesman: No plans for executive order on LGBT state workers

Remember last week when Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he was "looking at ... utilizing an executive order ... in terms of protecting against discrimination in the workplace for state government"? Apparently, he's taken a look, and it's not going to happen anytime soon.
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The Thank God They're Gone Edition

On this week's podcast, Max and Lindsey talk about how the just concluded Arkansas General Assembly’s obsession with God and gays erupted in a national controversy. We’ll also offer a quick review of what this legislature left in its wake. It won’t be pretty.

HB 1228 could have cost Little Rock a big convention

Gretchen Hall, director of the Little Rock Bureau of Convention and Visitors, said she was notified this week by a potential convention client in 2016 that it would cancel the plans if the legislature approved HB 1228, the bill aimed at allowing religion to be used as a pre-text for discrimination against gay people.
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