Watch: West Virginia Senate Majority Leader Gives Tearful Testimony for Nondiscrimination

March 2, 2016

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Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch Carmichael delivered a tearful floor speech in support of a “civil rights amendment” to an anti-LGBTQ religious exemption bill, #HB4012, to prevent the bill from being used to discriminate. The amendment passed, and on Wednesday, March 2nd, the entire bill was killed in a 27-7 vote.

Congratulations to Federation member Fairness West Virginia and our partners at Freedom for All Americans for your hard work to defeat this bill!

With a 7-27 vote rejecting #HB4012 the @wvsenate sent a clear message to the world that #WV does not discriminate! pic.twitter.com/YsAtfps05b

— fairnesswv (@FairnessWV) March 2, 2016

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