Diversity Issues
No immediate action planned on sexual orientation bill
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By JORDAN BRADLEY
Capital News Service
LANSING—While leaders of the Republican majority in the Legislature say there will be no vote on the issue before the Nov. 3 election, Democrats have introduced a proposal to add sexual orientation and gender identity or expression to the state’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. The law already applies to discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations based on race, religion, sex, age, marital status, height and weight. Sponsors of the Democrats’ bill include Sens. Rebekah Warren of Ann Arbor, Glenn Anderson of Westland, Steven Bieda of Warren, Virgil Smith of Detroit and Gretchen Whitmer of East Lansing.