Josh Shapiro on Civil Rights

	Josh Shapiro on Civil Rights

Once led the nation on LGBTQ rights now we're falling behind

We were leading the nation when it came to LGBTQ rights. Now we're falling behind. It's ridiculous that here in Pennsylvania two women can get married on a Sunday and fired from their job on a Monday, just because they're in love. That their landlord can legally throw them out of their apartment just because he's bigoted. The House passed the Fairness Act to fix this. The Senate should honor our legacy of tolerance, pass that bill, and put it on my desk. Source: 2024 State of the State Address to the PA legislature , Feb 6, 2024

Long past time to pass LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination law

As long as I'm Governor, LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians will have the right to marry who they love and be who they are. And by the way, it's long past time we finally pass a nondiscrimination law. Source: 2023 State of the State Address to Pennsylvania legislature , Mar 7, 2023

Ban LGBTQ+ discrimination in Pennsylvania

As Governor, Josh will put his full capital behind the effort to finally ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals in Pennsylvania so that LGBTQ+ community can work, attend school, and seek housing under the same rights as everyone else in the Commonwealth. He'll expand our hate crime laws to cover our LGBTQ+ communities, invest in mental health resources to support LGBTQ+ youth, and finally ban conversion therapy for minors. Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Governor campaign website JoshShapiro.org , May 18, 2022

Helped the first LGBT couples in Pennsylvania to marry

Then, as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's third-largest, Josh led a fiscal and ethical turnaround. Before he took office, Montgomery County had a $10 million budget deficit and an underfunded pension for county employees. Josh put the county back on solid financial footing, took early steps to combat the heroin epidemic, helped the first LGBT couples in Pennsylvania marry, and fired Wall Street money managers to save taxpayers and retirees millions. Source: 2021 PA Gubernatorial campaign website JoshShapiro.org , Oct 15, 2021

Change black businesses getting only 4% of state contracts

He promised better highways and better access to the information superhighway and promised to tackle systemic inequality like black-owned businesses only getting 4% of state contracts. "We're gonna change it by giving a damn. We're gonna change it by acknowledging that reality and do something about it," Shapiro said. Source: ABC27-WHTM on 2022 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial race , Oct 13, 2021

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