WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservatives angered by the inclusion of LGBT protections in an otherwise routine spending bill scuttled the measure Thursday, a stark display of the potency of a civil rights issue suddenly prominent in the presidential race and responsible for a legal standoff between the Obama administration and several states....
Gop Conservatives Scuttle Spending Bill Over Lgbt Rights
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press: Politics
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 9:49am
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