House passes gay rights bill!!! Senate up in the air....

[LynneSin]

it's an ok bill, but it's a start.

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2005/03/25houseoksgayrigh.html

House OKs gay rights bill
Senate killed measure twice; vote not assured this year
By CHIP GUY and PATRICK JACKSON / The News Journal
03/25/2005DOVER -- A bill adding sexual orientation to Delaware's anti-discrimination protections is again headed to the Senate after clearing the House in a close vote Thursday - just as it did in 2001 and 2003.

The so-called gay rights bill may fare better this year in the Senate, where it died in committee in 2002 and last year - if you believe the bill's sponsor, Rep. William A. Oberle Jr., R-Beechers Lot.

The heavily amended version of House Bill 36 that passed the House 22-18 has deleted language the Senate previously found objectionable. Oberle hopes that's enough to win it a vote in the upper chamber.

"I didn't ride in on a load of pumpkins. I understand there are philosophical objections and I understand the legislative process," Oberle said.

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