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Article: ORDER OUTLAWS SEXUAL ORIENTATION BIAS.(News)
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- The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
- Article date:
- May 30, 2003
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Byline: Charles Wolfe Associated Press writer
FRANKFORT -- Gov. Paul Patton on Thursday signed an order prohibiting discrimination against state government employees or job applicants on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
It applies to the governor's executive cabinet agencies, which together employ more than 30,000 people.
Patton leaves office in December, and the next governor could rescind the order. But Patton believes the order "was the right thing to do" and hopes his successor will keep it in effect, his general counsel, Denis Fleming, said in an interview.
The executive order "makes it a policy of the ...