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Idaho Senate Committee Rejects Protections for LGBT Community

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(BOISE) – Idaho’s GOP-controlled Senate has voted to reject a proposal to amend the state’s Human Rights Act.
Supporters sang “We Shall Overcome” after lawmakers nixed a plan that would’ve extended human rights protections to anyone regardless of their sexual orientation. Republican Russ Fulcher, who voted against the amendment, said the proposal represented an uncompromising “clash of world-views.” Proponents however, maintain that changes will come, even in conservative Idaho.

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