From Equality PA (http://www.equalitypa.org):
Big news! Today Rep. Dan Frankel (D) introduced the PA Fairness Act (HB-1410), comprehensive nondiscrimination legislation. The Senate bill, SB-613, was introduced recently by Senators Pat Browne (R) and Sen. Larry Farnese (D).
Email your legislators today at https://act.myngp.com/Forms/3462932755657198336?midqs=-7189152380166864896 and tell them why the Fairness Act is important to you.
While we are very grateful to champions like Rep. Frankel, Sen. Browne, and Sen. Farnese, this will be the seventh time that nondiscrimination legislation has been introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature in fourteen years, or seven consecutive legislative sessions.
As we know, polling shows that an overwhelming majority of Pennsylvania voters support protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination. And, in 2016 and 2017 so far, seven municipalities have passed nondiscrimination ordinances. The 43rd ordinance in Pennsylvania passed just last week in Camp Hill Borough in Central Pennsylvania.
In the last legislative session small and large businesses, faith leaders, and allies of the LGBTQ community contacted their legislators to show support for the legislation.
We will continue to demonstrate support. We hope that this is the year that the legislature demonstrates that they support LGBTQ Pennsylvanians who deserve the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families, free from discrimination.
Your stories can help to change the story of this legislation.
Let your legislator know why you want the PA Fairness Act to pass this session.
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