West Virginia Code states the following:

§5-11-2. Declaration of policy.
It is the public policy of the state of West Virginia to provide all of its citizens equal opportunity for employment, equal access to places of public accommodations, and equal opportunity in the sale, purchase, lease, rental and financing of housing accommodations or real property. Equal opportunity in the areas of employment and public accommodations is hereby declared to be a human right or civil right of all persons without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, blindness or disability. Equal opportunity in housing accommodations or real property is hereby declared to be a human right or civil right of all persons without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, blindness, disability or familial status.

The denial of these rights to properly qualified persons by reason of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, blindness, disability or familial status is contrary to the principles of freedom and equality of opportunity and is destructive to a free and democratic society.

Which group is missing from this? Yea. Us.

As the religious ideologues in West Virginia gear up the fight against gay marriage citing the ‘family’, gays in West Virigina have real issues to worry about: the very real possibility of losing a job or denied housing (outside of Charleston) due to their. The rally against gay marriage in West Virginia is nothing more than a distraction.

We’ll win this fight but we need your help! Stay tuned for information on how to become involved in this important legislation.