Gov. Rick "Medicare Fraud" Scott Begins Tenure By Banning LGBT Rights

FLORIDA: Gov. Rick "Medicare Fraud" Scott Begins Tenure By Banning LGBT Rights

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, the teabagging founder and former CEO of a hospital group found guilty in the hugest Medicare scam in history, began his tenure today by issuing an executive order limiting the state's non-discrimination law to cases involving race, gender, creed, color and national origin. South Florida Gay News reports:

"Governor Scott did not even include all of the classifications listed in the Florida Civil Rights Act -- let alone sexual orientation and gender identity," said Rand Hoch. As President and founder of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, Hoch has become a familiar voice on behalf of equality issues in South Florida. He called Scott’s view of diversity “limited and very discouraging” according to an article by Steve Rothaus with the Miami Herald. By ignoring the categories of “handicap” or “marital status” in his new non-discrimination policy, Scott has actually managed to add discrimination to the Florida Government policies which was not previously there. Those two categories are protected by Florida Law under our Civil Rights Act and many advocacy groups have been working tirelessly to add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the language as well.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/01/florida-gov-rick-medicare-fraud-scott.html

I don't see how an executive order from Florida's governor could possibly stand up in court if it violates Florida law.

I guess this is just the kind of illegal and unethical crap that Floridian's can expect from a scam artist in chief.

apparently didn't know about his past?

..... applied by glbts and progressives.

This guy sounds like an imbecile but I doubt FLA's gonna be unmoved by the flight of many millions of tourist dollars in this economy.