Only seven states have laws that ban discrimination in jobs or housing on the basis of sexual orientation.
The policy prohibits bias on the basis of sexual orientation.
It aims to single out businesses which practice discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
The bill would have outlawed job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
As such, the parade could not discriminate on the basis of "sexual orientation," the state court said.
The Constitution does, however, prohibit discrimination against people on the basis of sexual orientation.
He sponsored legislation to prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Earlier this year, for the second time, the Assembly passed a bill that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was outlawed in 2000.
It was the highest Federal court to rule that people cannot be excluded from military service merely on the basis of sexual orientation.