Maine lawmaker seeks discrimination protection for climate change deniers
Source: Associated Press
Maine lawmaker seeks discrimination protection for climate change deniers
Associated Press
Wednesday 22 March 2017 23.24 GMT
Maine laws protect people from discrimination based on factors such as race, disabilities and sexual orientation, and a Republican lawmaker wants to add a person’s beliefs about climate change to that list.
State representative Larry Lockman has introduced a bill that would limit the state attorney general’s ability to investigate or prosecute people based on their political speech, including their views on climate change. It would also prohibit the state from making decisions on buying goods or services or awarding grants or contracts based on a person’s “climate change policy preferences”.
Lockman, an independent business consultant from Amherst, told the Associated Press that he believes it’s an open question whether human activity is the primary cause of climate change.
Peer-reviewed studies, science organizations and climate scientists say that the world is warming from manmade forces.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/22/climate-change-denial-free-speech-protection-maine-bill
___________________________________________________________________________
About Rep. Lockman: Maine Rep. Lawrence Lockman’s decades-long history of extremism (Bangor Daily News - 2014)
= new reply since forum marked as read
