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Mark Pocan: “29 states. Yeah, still have that.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

Mark Pocan: Champion of the First Amendment

Published November 14, 2019 | Video Starts at 19:07

… people based on race, color, ethnic, sex, religion, but it doesn't incorporate lgbtq, sexual preference, sexual orientation. Right. So it's legal to discriminate in over half the states. Yeah, but 29 states. Yeah, still have that. So it could be employment, it could. Be housing, housing, a number of other areas. (19:07–20:03)

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Reaffirms that 29 states still allow legal discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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