Top 10 Civil Liberties News Stories - August 30, 2006 Edition
By Tom Head, About.com
Schwarzenegger Signs Bill Banning Anti-LGBT Discrimination
A massive sand sculpture of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA), created for the 2005 California State Fair.
Photo: Copyright (c) 2005 Jeffrey Collingwood. Used by permission.
On Tuesday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Nondiscrimination in State Programs and Activities Act (SB 1441), which bans all discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in state-funded programs. SB 1441 was written by state Senator Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica), the first openly gay member of the California legislature, was sponsored by Equality California, the state's leading LGBT rights organization.
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