Latvian President Vetoes Rights Bill After Gay Protections Stripped

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/06/062106latvia.htm

Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga vetoed a labor protection bill on Wednesday for not including LGBT workers.

The veto came following a meeting between members of the gay community and aides to the President.

In returning the bill to Parliament, Vike-Freiberga included a terse note to Speaker Ingrida Udre saying that sexuality needs to be listed alongside discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, religious or political beliefs.

[ThomCat]

1. That is awesome.

How do we get politicians like that here in the US?

[davidinalameda]

2. working out collective asses off

to get them in to office

[Tempest]

3. You know what this means don't you?

It means Pat Robertson is going to say he needs to be assassinated.