GOP lawmakers skip gay rights rally

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GOP lawmakers skip gay rights rally

Monday, January 19, 2015
By Eric Eyre, Staff writer
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Two Republican state senators scheduled to speak at a gay rights rally at the state Capitol Monday were no-shows.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, and Sen. Daniel Hall, R-Wyoming, snubbed a press conference put on by Fairness West Virginia, a group that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender West Virginians, said Andrew Schneider, the organization’s executive director.

“We had confirmed them as speakers at our press conference, then we heard at the last minute they backed out,” Schneider said. “It’s very disappointing.”

Jackson and Hall said they had to attend a Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee meeting at which members voted to repeal a 2009 law that requires power companies to use fuels other than coal to generate a portion of their electricity. Hall serves on the committee. Carmichael does not, but he said he wanted to be there to ensure that the repeal passed.

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1. They evidently received an email from Rush Limbaugh.

"Oh noes you don't!"