Our View: Legislature needs better priorities

Another legislative session has wrapped up and while there were some positive aspects to the session, there were some pieces of failed legislation that really shouldn’t have.

One of the more disappointing failures involved legislation that would include protections for gay and transgender residents. The bill’s hearing in committee made news when a Republican representative from Cheyenne made disparaging comments about the bill, commenting about the lack of protections for pedophiles and suggesting the bill take effect when Hell freezes over.

The bill’s failure left a scar on the state motto as...

 
 

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