Montana: Teabagger state lawmaker files bill to rescind all local LGBT rights ordinances

Again, as we've seen in my earlier post, the fringe bigots have decided to flex their post-midterm gains at the state level to begin a campaign of misogyny to rid women of their reproductive autonomy through frightening legislation. Of course this runs neck and neck with homophobic bullsh*t bills like this in Montana (via JMG):

Today, the House Judiciary Committee heard a bill from Rep. Kris Hansen. The bill seeks to undo protections put in place by local communities to expand on the state's Human Rights Act. This act protects certain protected groups from discrimination in housing, employment and other public accommodations.

Opponents of the measure came from across the state to testify. Unfortunately, the Republican majority on the committee attempted to limit testimony on both sides of the issue to ten minutes. Democrats on the committee objected and even presented rules that require the public be able to at least verbally state their opposition to the bill. The Republicans on the committee ignored the rules, and refused to let opponents of the bill testify.

What's pathetic about this maneuver is that the Rethugs limited testimony on this subject, but let the clock run free on debate on this legislation:

• SB 112 - Which allows makes a hand thrown spear a legal form of hunting.
• HB 278 - Which allows every city to create their own militia.
  
• SJ 2 - Which urges the United States to withdraw from the United Nations.
  
• HB 205 - The "Birther Bill."
• HB 384 - Which allows people to carry concealed weapons in bars, banks and churches.

If you're LGBT and living in Montana, your hair should be standing on the back of your neck. Those in support of rolling back rights simply want you dead. Take Pastor Harris Himes who believes that gays should not be able to rent apartments and homes in Montana because homosexuality is a sin punishable by death.