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CALL GOVERNOR JAY NIXON AT

(573) 751-3222 AND REQUEST THAT HE VETO SENATE BILL 188 TODAY

UNLESS HE VETOES SB 188 BY MAY 2nd IT BECOMES LAW 

The Jefferson City NAACP oppose SB 188 Because It Legalizes Individual Discrimination in Missouri and Weakens Missouri’s Human and Civil Rights Laws

Senate Bill 188 will remove Missouri’s current human rights protections for

Women,

the Disabled,

People of Faith,

People 40 & Older,

and

Racial or Ethnic Minorities

Missouri’s Protection of it citizens extends to everyone. 

Senate Bill 188 would legalize discrimination in our state because it would allow individual employees and private membership clubs to discriminate against people by exempting them from the law that prohibits discrimination in the state – the Missouri Human Rights Act. 

Missouri law currently prohibits private clubs, people and businesses from discriminating against other people in employment, public accommodations and housing.  Without Governor Nixon’s protection of Missouri citizens by vetoing SB 188,  every person in Missouri’s boarders could be subject to a wide variety of discriminatory conduct currently prohibited. People (all women, people of color or ethnicity, the disabled, people of faith and people over 40 years of age) in the state of Missouri will no longer be protected against discriminatory conduct on or off the job, at restaurants, in the provision of services by business to thepublic or housing. 

Even after letting the person who discriminates off the hook, SB 188 stacks the law in favor of those alleged to have discriminated by:

·      Limiting what a jury can consider if the case goes to trial,

·      Making it easier for human rights cases to be kicked out of court on summary judgment (before a jury can even determine what happened in the case),

·      Restricting damages to back pay,

·      Eliminating punitive damage awards against the state and all of its political subdivisions, and

·      Overturning decades of civil rights law created in our own Missouri courts.

Further SB 188

·      removes all Missouri case law relating to exceptions to the employment at will doctrine,

·      restricts the ability to bring retaliation claims after a person notifies their employer of a complaint,

·      restricts the ability to bring whistle blower claims and limits recovery under those claims as well.

Ultimately, there are two issues: 1.) Should discrimination in Missouri be legalized? and 2.) Is SB 188 immoral?

Discrimination is a sin.  No matter your faith, it is a sin.  It hurts the person who is being discriminated against and the person who is discriminating.  The Missouri Chamber argues that discrimination hurts businesses in Missouri.  They are right – that’s why it is currently illegal to discriminate against people.  Discrimination is bad for business and it is bad for society. 

ACT TODAY TO OPPOSE SB 188 BY ASKING GOVERNOR NIXON TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AS PEOPLE

·      Call Governor Jay Nixon (573) 751-3222.

·      Email a request that Governor Nixon veto SB 188 to mogov@mail.mo.gov

·      Mail, fax or hand-deliver this letter or your own in opposition to SB 188 to Governor Nixon at

Governor Jay Nixon

216 State Capitol

P.O. Box 720

Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-3222

Fax:  (573)751-1495

Dear Governor Nixon:

Please veto Senate Bill 188.  The bill legalizes discrimination against Missourians.  It makes it harder to seek legal redress for any claim of discrimination, retaliation or whistle blowing. Discrimination is offensive to my moral and religious code.  We need your leadership to protect the hard working men and women of Missouri regardless of their sex, religion, age, disability, race or heritage.  Senate Bill 188 will hurt economic development in Missouri at the same time it hurts citizens. Please veto SB 188.

Sincerely,

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