Senate GOP quoted J.K. Rolling when blocking the Equality Act.

June 19, 2020 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, NEWS, US NEWS Comments Off on Senate GOP quoted J.K. Rolling when blocking the Equality Act.
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), on left, called for a vote on the Equality Act, but Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) blocked the vote by citing J.K. Rowling. (Washington Blade photo of Merkley by Michael Key; photo of Lankford public domain)

Following the historic win for LGBTQ rights at the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate Democrats pushed Thursday for a vote on Equality Act to codify and expand those protections — but were thwarted by an Oklahoma Republican who cited “Harry Potter” author…