Here it is folks. A group of Republicans in the Iowa House just filed HF 2164, a bill to remove gender identity as a protected class under the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965. If this bill passes, it will once again be legal in Iowa to discriminate against LGBTQ people in matters of public accommodations, employment, apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs, vocational schools, career and technical education programs, and housing.

The sponsors of this bill are: Tedd Gassman, Dean Fisher, Anne Osmundson, Terry Baxter, Thomas Gerhold, Phil Thompson, Tom Jeneary, Skyler Wheeler, and Sandy Salmon. I want you to know who is to blame for this travesty of a bill. All of them are Conservative Christians. I guess nothing says “Jesus loves you” like stripping persecuted groups of their basic human rights and kicking them when they are down.

If I see any of these folks walking towards me on a sidewalk, I will happily fart in their general direction. I don’t understand how they can sleep at night.

By Robert Cook

Activism Chair