Indiana lawmakers won't study LGBT protections [View all]
Source: Indianapolis Star
Despite a push by Democrats, state lawmakers will not be conducting a public study of gay rights issues in advance of the next session.
The Legislative Council — a group of top lawmakers from both chambers — met Thursday to approve 40 topics for work by summer study committees before the 2016 session. They voted to look at issues at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and consider adding bars to the state smoking ban, but they opted not to consider adding sexual orientation to the state's civil rights law.
... Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said that doesn't mean the issue won't be discussed, it just won't happen in a public committee. Instead, the debate will "go on quietly through the summer," he said.
... "This isn't about politics, this is about what we are going to do public policy wise to show that Indiana is a truly welcoming state," said Senate Minority Leader Tim Lanane, D-Anderson. "Waiting another year is out of the question."
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