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[–] 38 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

That's what the bill is about

Just as no one should be denied housing on the basis of race, no one should be denied housing on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression either. Conservatives are trying to enforce their worldview on society while raising their children to be just as bigoted as they are by depriving them from diverse learning opportunities.

Pennsylvania has a Republican problem that will likely allow such discrimination to continue, but the bill itself is essential; hopefully it gets submitted again once the Republicans lose their Pennsylvania Senate majority.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Wait.....am I reading this wrong? The bill bans whites only housing. The bill that bans it, passed by 1 vote. That means "whites only" is banned.

    Right?

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago

    House Bill 2103 would close a loophole in the state that could let white nationalist groups establish communities under the guise of a private club or member-only organization by blocking such groups from restricting membership by race, color, and national origin to deny equal access to housing, employment, and public accommodations. The bill also expands anti-discrimination protections for employment, housing, and public accommodations to a person’s sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.

    Race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression; how anyone could justify housing discrimination on the basis of who other people are is asinine, and no legislator should be standing in the way of it.

    It passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives because the Democrats are in the majority there, but the Republicans have a 27-23 state senate majority, so it won't go to the Democratic governor's desk for signing unless Republicans vote in favor of it.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    What the fuck is happening??

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  • If people who want a place like that are willing to voluntarily quarantine themselves, who am I to get in the way? Hell, I'll even help dig a moat around it if that prevents them from spreading their poison. Keep them in, cut off supplies, let nature do the rest.

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