Tag Archives: Mike Stuart

The Wheeling News-Register reports: The West Virginia Senate approved a bill that would rip out non-discrimination ordinances adopted by 20 cities across West Virginia protecting members of the LGBTQ community from being fired or evicted simply for their sexual orientation or gender identity. SB 579, which was recommended for passage by the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, would amend State …

The Associated Press reports: A bill that would have prohibited minors from getting married in West Virginia was defeated Wednesday night in a legislative committee. The Republican-dominated Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the bill on a 9-8 vote, a week after it passed the House of Delegates. Some of the bill’s opponents have argued that teenage marriages are a part of …