Manchin Only Democratic Senator Not to Sign on to Equality Act
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is the only Democratic senator who didn’t sign on to a bill introduced this week in Congress to extend protections in housing, employment and public accommodations to LGBT people. Republicans representing the area, including Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Congresswoman Carol Miller, also have not signed on as co-sponsors. Senate Bill 788, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., has 43 Democratic sponsors, two Independent sponsors, and one Republican sponsor, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. It adds LGBT protections to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and prohibited employment discrimination […]