Bigotry abounds once again in Kansas.

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COMMENTS:
*  Gee, with the state going bankrupt, school funding in shambles, and even the highway system imperiled, THIS is Brownback's "priority"? Nothing more than misdirection by a bigoted hatemonger. The people of Kansas voted for him, and they truly deserve what they have gotten.
*  Don't get worked up about anything that happens in Kansas. Voters there decided to double down on Brownback's failed economic policies and re-elected the man who put the state on the fast path to bankruptcy. Whatever Brownback does to Kansas, they deserve. It's a flat, dry wasteland that no one wants to visit. You'd have to be an idiot to live there voluntarily.
*  Typical Republican. Deny equal rights to people they don't consider to be human
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Kansas governor rescinds protections for gay state workers
By Carey Gillam, February 10, 2015

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, a conservative Republican re-elected in November, on Tuesday rescinded an executive order issued by a Democratic predecessor that offered protections for gay and bisexual state workers.

Brownback said he was rescinding a 2007 order signed by former Governor Kathleen Sebelius that established a "protected class of rights" for state employees specifically for sexual orientation and gender identity.

In its place, Brownback said he was issuing an executive order that would boost state employment-related aid for veterans and disabled people, while reaffirming the state's "commitment" to employment practices that do not discriminate based on "race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry or age."

Thomas Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas, said Brownback's order was an outrage and erases job protections for gay, lesbian and transgender employees who had trusted they would be safe from harassment and discrimination.

"If you work for the state, and have felt comfortable being 'out' at work knowing you had protection from bigotry, that protection is gone," Witt said in a statement on the group's website.

Brownback has been open about his opposition to same-sex marriage during his long career in public office, which included stints in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He was elected governor of Kansas in 2010.
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