Louisiana’s New Governor To Outlaw LGBT Discrimination

Shockingly, it is still legal in the state of Louisiana to fire someone for being gay. Governor elect Jon Bel Edwards looks to change all of that.

According to The Advocate, “‘The Times Picayune of New Orleans reports that sometime after his inauguration January 11, Edwards will sign an executive order to protect his state’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender state employees and government contractors from getting fired, being discriminated against and harassed.” No time frame for the executive order has been announced but the Times Picayune did note that the bill,”would not protect non government employees, nor would it necessarily apply to state government outside the governor’s control, such as the judiciary.”

This being the South, Edwards already faces opposition to the order as the Louisiana Family Forum has promised to fight the order.