Testimony on Pennsylvania SB1306: No Additional Protections for Religious Freedom

Authors

Katherine M. Franke, Columbia Law SchoolFollow
Burton Caine, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Lenore F. Carpenter, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Eric A. Feldman, University of Pennsylvania
Thersa Glennon, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Nancy J. Knauer, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Jules Lobel, University of Pittsburgh Law School
Wendell Pritchett, University of Pennsylvania
Dara E. Purvis, Penn State Law
Brishen Rogers, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Victor C. Romero, Penn State Law
Kathryn M. Stanchi, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Nancy A. Welsh, Penn State Law

Document Type

Document

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

On behalf of the Public Rights/Private Conscience Project (PRPCP) at Columbia Law School I offer the following legal analysis of Senate Bill 1306. Overall, the current version of the bill promises to modernize Pennsylvania’s Human Relations Act by expanding antidiscrimination protections in employment to include sexual orientation and gender identity-based discrimination. Were the Pennsylvania legislature to pass SB 1306, the Commonwealth would join twenty-two states that include sexual orientation and nineteen states that include gender identity in their laws assuring equal employment opportunities for their citizens.

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Law | Law and Gender | Sexuality and the Law

Comments

Press Release

Center/Program

Center for Gender & Sexuality Law

Recommended Citation

Katherine M. Franke, Burton Caine, Lenore F. Carpenter, Eric A. Feldman, Thersa Glennon, Nancy J. Knauer, Jules Lobel, Wendell Pritchett, Dara E. Purvis, Brishen Rogers, Victor C. Romero, Kathryn M. Stanchi & Nancy A. Welsh, Testimony on Pennsylvania SB1306: No Additional Protections for Religious Freedom, (2016).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3937