It took a decade for Florida’s Republican-dominated
Legislature to even listen to a bill to give LGBT people civil rights
protections. When it finally did, the legislation was dead on arrival.
What
little hope gay rights advocates had that an anti-discrimination bill
would move forward withered this week when the Senate Judiciary
Committee remained deadlocked on the measure a day after voting 5-5 on
the bill.
A procedural measure kept the bill technically alive,
but its sponsor and other supporters know there’s almost no chance the
issue can be revived this year.
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Although there are signs that some Republican attitudes are changing on
gay rights — two Republicans voted for the bill in the Judiciary
Committee and Republican Rep. Holly Raschein is sponsoring the House
version of the bill (HB 45) along with nine GOP co-sponsors — it took
only five Republicans to stop it from advancing.
Florida gay rights bill won’t advance after Senate stalemate – LGBTQ Nation
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