LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — During this Pride Month, Governor Gretchen Whitmer is continuing her efforts to amend the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include the LGBTQ community.
Currently, these categories are not included in the law, meaning that people could be discriminated against in areas such as housing and health care.
In an LGBTQ Caucus meeting on Tuesday, the governor said, “It’s time to get Michigan on the right side of history. In the year 2019, nobody should be fired from their job or evicted from their home based on who they love, or how they identify.”
If enacted, Michigan would join 20 other states that protect individuals from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Attorney General Dana Nessel also applauded Whitmer’s recent efforts and wrote in a press release that the new legislation states that, “we are saying all people in our state deserve to be treated equally and fairly – the very intent of this law when it was established.”
Lawmakers are hopeful that they have enough votes to pass the legislation because they have cosponsors from each party supporting the measure as well as the governor.
