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Nevada Republicans Drop Religious-Freedom Bills

Posted on AllSides April 5th, 2015
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Nevada Republicans are dropping two proposed bills that would have added religious-freedom protections to state law that critics have said legalize discrimination against gays and lesbians.

Assemblyman Erv Nelson and Sen. Joe Hardy said they would no longer pursue passage of AB 277 or SB 272 on Friday. The two lawmakers were sponsoring the bills which contained similar language enacting a version of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act into Nevad

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