Just last year, Meuser and Perry had voted against extending federal anti-discrimination protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity
FILE - With the U.S. Capitol in the background, a person waves a rainbow flag as they participant in a rally in support of the LGBTQIA+ community at Freedom Plaza, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Washington. The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday, July, 19, 2022, to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by many conservative Americans.
now has raised the possibility that it could win passage in the U.S. Senate and reach President Joe Biden’s desk for signature. But Meuser and Perry, just last year, had voted against a separate bill that wold have extended federal anti-discrimination protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity.
For Perry, whose 10th District seat covers all of Dauphin and large parts of Cumberland and York counties, it appears to have been a tougher vote.