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Redfairen

(1,276 posts) Thu Feb 20, 2014, 11:11 PM Feb 2014

32 gay rights activists arrested at Idaho Capitol

Source: Associated Press

Gay rights activists were arrested Thursday and jailed after refusing to voluntarily lift an hours-long Senate blockade aimed at pressuring lawmakers into backing anti-discrimination protections.

In all, there were 32 arrests throughout the day, said Idaho State Police spokeswoman Teresa Baker, including seven around noon. Six people were cited for trespassing and another for misdemeanor battery.

Then, another 25 people were cited for misdemeanor trespassing after 4 p.m. after posting themselves outside Senate chambers for more than six hours, then declining to disperse when asked by law enforcement. A law enforcement bus transported those 25 protesters to Ada County Jail in Boise.

"We just needed to make sure that the public has access to the Capitol," Baker said. "That wasn't occurring today."

Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/02/20/3040188/gay-rights-protesters-block-idaho.html

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32 gay rights activists arrested at Idaho Capitol (Original Post) Redfairen Feb 2014 OP

How hard is this, how hard is it to enact HUMAN RIGHTS for god sakes! sheshe2 Feb 2014 #1

I guess it'll be a cold day in hell before the police stand up for what's right, regardless of AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #2

gee I wonder what's the most popular religion in Idaho nt msongs Feb 2014 #3

The top three are close in percentage, LDS is 23%, Evangelical 22%, RCC 18% Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #5

Meanwhile, AZ just sent its anti-gay/pro-discriminarion bill to Gov. Brewer to sign into law. It's blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #4

sheshe2

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1. How hard is this, how hard is it to enact HUMAN RIGHTS for god sakes!

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 11:27 PM

Feb 2014

About two dozen protesters seeking to convince Idaho lawmakers to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to the state's Human Rights Act block the entrances to the Idaho Senate in Boise on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. At a similar protest on Feb. 3, 44 demonstrators were arrested and charged with misdemeanor trespassing. (AP Photo/John Miller)

LeFavour, who helped organize the demonstration, said activists seek to highlight what she called "the Senate's silence" on updating Idaho's Human Rights Act with workplace and housing protections for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people.

http://magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/update-gay-rights-activists-arrested-at-idaho-capitol/article_ede65c80-9a56-11e3-9d8f-001a4bcf887a.html

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

2. I guess it'll be a cold day in hell before the police stand up for what's right, regardless of

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 11:42 PM

Feb 2014

what the law, or a superior says.

msongs

(67,496 posts)

3. gee I wonder what's the most popular religion in Idaho nt

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 12:11 AM

Feb 2014

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

5. The top three are close in percentage, LDS is 23%, Evangelical 22%, RCC 18%

Reply to msongs (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 08:10 AM

Feb 2014

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

4. Meanwhile, AZ just sent its anti-gay/pro-discriminarion bill to Gov. Brewer to sign into law. It's

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 03:27 AM

Feb 2014

the STAND YOUR GROUND law against gay taxpaying American citizens.

The bill provides legal protection for the haters/bigots to deny public services to suspected gay persons in housing, lending, education, social services, health, EMS/fire/police, Courts and law, as long as the hater/bigot utters the magic phrase: "My religion says I don't have to provide service to you."

Really, this law seeks to transform secular/democratic law into rightwing "Biblical law."

And straight people, women, and racial minorities, the "God botherers" will be coming for YOU ALL next... You betcha!

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