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Anti-LGBTI ‘religious freedom’ bill is effectively dead in Missouri
Missouri won’t be enacting a so-called ‘religious freedom’ law – at least not this year.
Senate Joint Resolution 39, which sought to make it legal for clergy and wedding vendors to decline to participate in a same-sex wedding, was voted down by the House Emerging Issues Committee on Wednesday (27 April).
If the bill had passed both houses of the Missouri legislature, it would have been put on the ballot for voters to decide on.
‘I am deeply disappointed that Missourians will not have the opportunity to vote on protecting religious freedom,’ Senator Bob Onder, who sponsored the proposal, said in a statement.
He pointed out that seven weeks ago the Missouri Senate stood through the longest filibuster in state history and voted 23–7 to advance SJR 39.
‘House members caved to pressure from special interests and killed the religious freedom amendment,’ he stated. ‘It is wrong that Missouri voters will be denied a voice in the decision-making process.’
But House Minority Leader Jacob Hummel applauded the House committee.
‘The ultimate issue here is whether our state constitution protects all Missourians or grants special rights to some to detriment of others,’ he stated.
‘In the years to come, I am confident today’s action will be remembered as being on the right side of history.’
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