Republicans push their 'equality' bills. Businesses, Democrats see them as divisive

[TexasTowelie]

The Senate State Affairs Committee, on party-line votes, advanced two bills touted by their Republican sponsors as “equality” bills on Monday.

North Idaho Republican Rep. Heather Scott’s House Bill 440 prohibits the state from discriminating against or granting special treatment based on sex, race or color in public employment, education or contracting.

“We just need to treat people equal and fair,” Scott told the committee, saying the bill’s language “will protect all citizens to be treated as individuals.”

House Bill 500, sponsored by Rep. Barbara Ehardt, R-Idaho Falls, and Sen. Mary Souza, R-Coeur d’Alene, would ban transgender girls and women from participating in sports that align with their gender identity.

Read more: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article241027881.html

[yonder]

1. Rep. Heather Scott, codename "greenbean" and disgraced

Washington State Rep. Matt Shea up to their righty shenanigans.

[jmowreader]

2. Mary Souza is my state senator

The only reason they don't call her "Senator No" is the name was already taken. She is against everything.

Before she ran for the state senate, she ran for mayor of Coeur d'Alene. Her platform was to give the citizens advisory votes on every single thing the city did...which would not only have been prohibitively expensive, if you're going to run the city by mob rule why have a government at all? Fortunately, a real estate agent won the election and he's been fairly decent.