Religious freedom bill dies in Virginia Senate
AVirginia Senate committee on Wednesday failed to advance a bill that would excuse certain religious and religious-affiliated groups from adhering to state nondiscrimination laws.
Virginia law under the bill would have been amended to exempt "any place of accommodation owned by or operated on behalf of a religious corporation, association, or society from the nondiscrimination of accommodation provisions of the Virginia Human Rights Act," according to a description of the bill.
Introduced in January by Rep. Les Adams (R), the bill had also argued that nothing in the Virginia Human Rights Act prohibits a religious or religious-affiliated organization "from taking any action to promote the religious principles for which it is established or maintained." It was passed by Virginia's House of Delegates late last week.
In a tweet, the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Equality Virginia called the bill's defeat "good news" stating that it would have "allowed religious-based discrimination against LGBTQ+ Virginians."
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