Nixon calls for protections for gay workers

Thursday, January 23, 2014

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Many Missouri Democrats on Wednesday praised Gov. Jay Nixon's call to bar discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation, but a tepid response from the Republicans who control the Legislature cast doubt on the proposal's future.

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