Delware’s General Assembly passed a bill that will give Gays and lesbians legal protection from discrimination, ten years after supporters first started fighting for it. Gov. Jack Markell is expected to sign it. From Delaware Online:
“We made a big step forward tonight,” said Drewry Fennell, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Delaware, which supported the bill.
“It protects the most basic activities of human life — moving about the world, earning a living, keeping a roof over your head,” Fennell said. “Now the state has said you can’t be discriminated against because of sexual orientation.”
The measure, Senate Bill 121, adds sexual orientation to the list of protections under Delaware’s anti-discrimination law. That law covers housing, employment, public works contracting, public accommodations and insurance.
The bill is not trans-inclusive.
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