MISSOURI –(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2016. The Missouri Senate forced a vote and passage of SJR 39, a constitutional amendment that would allow discrimination in the name of religion, after a record-breaking 39.5 hour filibuster.
Executive Director of ACLU of Missouri Jeffrey Mittman issued the following statement regarding pro-discrimination legislation being forced out of the Missouri Senate:
“It’s an outrage that extremist senators would use a rare procedural move to shut down debate and silence the voices of countless Missourians,…
