Gay rights takes center stage
BOISE - Gay rights took center stage at the Miss USA competition when Miss California decided to say what she really felt about same sex marriage.
"In my country, and in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised, and that's how I think that it should be between a man and a woman. Thank you," said, Carrie Prejean, Miss California.
Tuesday, gay rights took center stage here in Boise at the 'Don't Fear the Queer' teach-in.
"There are Idahoans that are being discriminated against everyday," said Katie Best, a BSU student.
The BSU Human Rights Task Force held the rally to bring awareness to discrimination and to protest a vote that killed the Idaho Human Rights Act Amendment.
The bill would have prohibited job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
"It's all about perception. All an employer has to do is perceive you as gay or can say because you don't adhere to gender stereotypes and they can fire you for that," Best said.
Lawmakers voted down the bill for the third year in a row back in
February and Bryan Fischer with the Idaho Values Alliance agrees with the decision.
"When these laws go into place they endanger the rights of those that want to guide their businesses with certain moral values," said Bryan Fischer, Idaho Value Alliance.
But, these BSU students say they'll keep fighting.
"In my country, and in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised, and that's how I think that it should be between a man and a woman. Thank you," said, Carrie Prejean, Miss California.
Tuesday, gay rights took center stage here in Boise at the 'Don't Fear the Queer' teach-in.
"There are Idahoans that are being discriminated against everyday," said Katie Best, a BSU student.
The BSU Human Rights Task Force held the rally to bring awareness to discrimination and to protest a vote that killed the Idaho Human Rights Act Amendment.
The bill would have prohibited job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
"It's all about perception. All an employer has to do is perceive you as gay or can say because you don't adhere to gender stereotypes and they can fire you for that," Best said.
Lawmakers voted down the bill for the third year in a row back in
February and Bryan Fischer with the Idaho Values Alliance agrees with the decision.
"When these laws go into place they endanger the rights of those that want to guide their businesses with certain moral values," said Bryan Fischer, Idaho Value Alliance.
But, these BSU students say they'll keep fighting.
