A dangerous precedent, Mass. set to vote on removing transgender protections.

FILE - In this June 26, 2015, file photo, a supporter of same-sex marriage runs with an "equality" flag under a larger "equality" drape outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, before the court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the U.S. Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land, but there are other battlegrounds related to civil rights and non-discrimination protections for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. Two polarizing questions: What sort of access should transgender people have to public bathrooms? And are the advances for LGBT rights infringing on the religious freedom of some Americans? (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Massachusetts voters in 2018 will determine the fate of a law established in 2016 that protects transgender individuals from discrimination in public accommodations.

Keep MA Safe, an organization in opposition to the law, collected 34,231 state-certified signatures in support of their effort…

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