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John B. Breaux on LGBTQ Policy

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LGBTQ Policy6 votes · 62.5/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections

8 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged LGBTQ Policy. 6 of them counted toward the score above: 1 toward “Broaden protections” and 5 toward “Narrow protections”.

The other 2 did not count: 2 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2001-06-14To provide that no public elementary school, public secondary school, local educational agency, or State educational agency, may deny equal access or a fair opportunity to meet after school in a designated open forum to any youth group listed in title 36 of the U.S. Code as a patriotic society, including the Boy Scouts of America, based on that group's favorable or unfavorable position concerning sexual orientation.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaNarrow protections
1996-09-10A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. — S.2056 BY KENNEDY, EDWARD (D-MA) -- EMPLOYMENT NONDISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1996 (SENATE FAILED TO PASS S. 2056, TO PROHIBIT EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION.)S. 2056 · 104th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaBroaden protections
1996-09-10A bill to define and protect the institution of marriage. — H.R.3396 BY BARR (R-GA) -- DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT (PUB.L. 104-199, APPROVED 9/21/96) (SENATE PASSED H.R. 3396, TO DEFINE AND PROTECT THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.)H.R. 3396 · 104th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaNarrow protections
1990-09-12To permit organizations in D.C. to exclude any person who has been convicted of a sex offense with a child or who based on his conduct otherwise poses a threat of engaging in sex with a minor or otherwise sexually abusing a minor, and to exclude a person in a program from working with a child if the parent or guardian of that child objects to that person's sexual orientation. — TO AMEND HR 5311, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1991, TO PERMIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO EXCLUDE ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A SEX OFFENSE WITH A CHILD OR WHO BASED ON HIS CONDUCT OTHERWISE POSES A THREAT OF ENGAGING IN SEX WITH A MINOR OR OTHERWISE SEXUALLY ABUSING A MINOR, AND TO EXCLUDE A PERSON IN A PROGRAM FROM WORKING WITH A CHILD IF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THAT CHILD OBJECTS TO THAT PERSON'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION.H.R. 5311 · 101st Congress · On the AmendmentYeaNarrow protections
1990-03-01In the nature of a substitute. — TO TABLE THE KENNEDY (D, MA) AMENDMENT TO S 1430, NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO THE ARMSTRONG (R, CO) AMENDMENT, TO PERMIT ANY ORGANIZATION IN D.C. TO EXCLUDE ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A SEX OFFENSE WITH A CHILD OR WHO POSES A THREAT OF ENGAGING IN SUCH AN OFFENSE, AND TO EXCLUDE A PERSON IN A PROGRAM FROM WORKING WITH A CHILD IF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THAT CHILD OBJECTS TO THAT PERSON'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION.S. 1430 · 101st Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaNarrow protections
1988-07-11TO AMEND HR 4776, FISCAL 1989 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, TO EXEMPT LOCAL RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS FROM LOCAL LAWS PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION.H.R. 4776 · 100th CongressYeaNarrow protections
1988-07-08TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE TO UPHOLD THE RULING OF THE CHAIR THAT THE ARMSTRONG, CO AMENDMENT TO HR 4776, FISCAL 1989 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, WAS IN ORDER. THE ARMSTRONG AMENDMENT EXEMPTED LOCAL RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS FROM LOCAL LAWS PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION.H.R. 4776 · 100th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1988-07-08TO APPEAL THE RULING OF THE CHAIR THAT THE ARMSTRONG, CO AMENDMENT TO HR 4776, FISCAL 1989 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, WAS IN ORDER. THE ARMSTRONG AMENDMENT EXEMPTED LOCAL RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS FROM LOCAL LAWS PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND WAS CHALLENGED AS LEGISLATION ON AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL. THE RULING OF THE CHAIR WAS UPHELD.H.R. 4776 · 100th CongressNayDirection not readable

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Broaden protections / Narrow protections axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.