Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) signed an executive order on Wednesday that prevents businesses from being able to discriminate against LGBT individuals, NBC News reported.
Edwards’ order overturned another executive order protecting the practice that was advanced by his predecessor and failed presidential candidate Bobby Jindal.
Edwards said that Jindal’s order would “create a hostile environment for our current and prospective employees,” NBC reported. Edwards reportedly said Jindal’s order was “bad for business, tourism and the Louisiana economy.”
Louisiana does not have a law protecting LGBT individuals from discrimination, but Edwards’ order protects state employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender among other factors.
Edwards’ rule comes after North Carolina passed a law that prevented local governments from passing laws that would protect LGBT individuals from discrimination. The law has received some backlash, with businesses condemning it and a bipartisan group of senators asking for the NBA All Star game to be moved from the state.
Another example of there being no difference between (D)s and ®s. /s
This only happens when governor is walksupright adult person.
You seem to misunderstand the Governor’s action. He took away the rights of those who were free to discriminate before under the asswipe Jindal.
I think you misread the headline–so did I at first. I had to look at it several times. Here it is:
Louisiana Guv Overturns Order Protecting Discrimination Against LGBT Individuals
He overturned Jindal’s order which protected discrimination against LGBT individuals. In other words, he said, no, you CANNOT discriminate on the basis of sexual preference.
Beat me to it! To the next smug, privileged fool who harrumphs and complains that Blue Dogs are just DINOs and Republicans and Democrats are all the same, here’s a prime example of how Democrats are NOTHING like Republicans. Nothing at all. You may not like centrist Democrats. They may not do the things you’d like them to do ALL the time, but they’ll do what you’d like most of the time. The inability to reconcile that makes you only slightly better than a Tea Bagger (slightly, because you’re not a Republican). Slightly.