Poll: 76 Percent of Mass. Voters Support Transgender Rights Bill

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.edgedallas.com/news/local///121312/poll:_76_percent_of_mass_voters_support_transgender_rights_bill

After eight long hours of testimony on June 8, advocates for a transgender rights bill are anxiously awaiting a decision from House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Therese Murray on whether they will bring the measure to the floor.

The bill, which would gender identity and expression to Massachusetts’ non-discrimination statute, has become one of the year’s hottest topics on Beacon Hill. "We had approximately 45 people testify in support of the legislation on our side," said Gunner Scott, executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.

Attorney General Martha Coakley, a spokesperson for the Episcopal Diocese and representatives from Jane Doe, Inc., the National Association of Social Workers and other groups attended the hearing. Some of the 150 letters of testimony in support of the bill came from Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, U.S. Sen. John Kerry and other Beacon Hill powerbrokers.

When asked whether he has heard anything about whether the bill will go to the floor, Scott said no. He reiterated, however, that this "is not unusual

[Dept of Beer]

1. That means there is still lthe potential for 24% bigotry.

Well, they did elect prettyboy Brown so I guess that anything is still plausible.

[w8liftinglady]

3. It still beats Texas, where there's 76% bigotry

At least Massachusetts doesn't shove their glbt community in a closet by refusing to even accept their existance.

[Dept of Beer]

4. I have a friend in SF that finds the North East pretty cold with regard to glbt needs.

[RKP5637]

2. Recommend!!! n/t

[joeybee12]

5. Good Lord, 76% apparently are the leftist fringe! We must not listen to them!

:sarcasm:

[nichomachus]

6. Yes, but 100 percent of the archbishops in Boston are against it -- so it will fail

[Kurovski]

7. ,,,and the church will continue to lose parishoners.

It must be an odd feeling to be run over by a steamroller in slow motion.