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Dick
Anderson,
R- Willow City

Rich Becker,
R-Grand
Forks

Roger
Brabandt,
R-Minot

Al Carlson,
R-Fargo

Chuck
Damschen,
R-Hampden

Mark Dosch,
R-Bismarck

Glen Froseth,
R-Kenmare

Bert Anderson,
R-Crosby

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EARLY EDITION

Friday, April 3, 2015

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For the third time in six years, North Dakota

lawmakers rejected a bill that would outlaw
discrimination based on sexual orientation.

ND denies
protection
for gays

Patrick
Hatlestad,
R-Williston

Larry Bellew,
R-Minot

Wesley Belter,
R-Fargo

Randy
Boehning,
R-Fargo

Jeff Delzer,
R-Underwood

Bill Devlin,
R-Finley

Jason
Dockter,
R-Bismarck

Craig
Headland,
R-Montpelier

Curt Hofstad,
R-Devils Lake

Dennis
Johnson,
R-Devils Lake

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These are the members of the House who voted
against legal protections.

Tom Kading,
R-Fargo

Karen Karls,
R-Bismarck

Jim Kasper,
R-Fargo

Lawrence
Klemin,
R-Bismarck

Ben
Koppelman,
R-West Fargo

Kim
Koppelman,
R-West Fargo

Gary Kreidt,
R-New Salem

William
Kretschmar,
R-Venturia

Vernon
Laning,
R-Bismarck

Diane Larson,
R-Bismarck

Mike Lefor,
R-Dickinson

Jon Nelson,
R-Rugby

Christopher
Olson,
R-West Fargo

Mark Owens,
R-Grand Forks

Gary Paur,
R-Gilby

Chet Pollert,
R-Carrington

Karen Rohr,
R-Mandan

Dan Ruby,
R-Minot

Mike Schatz,
R-New
England

Roscoe
Streyle,
R-Minot

Gary Sukut,
R-Williston

Nathan
Toman,
R-Mandan

Wayne Trottier,
R-Northwood

Don Vigesaa,
R-Cooperstown

Robin Weisz,
R-Hurdsfield

These members of the House voted to add sexual

orientation to state law that already protects against
discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national
origin, age, physical or mental disability or status with
respect to marriage or public assistance.

Thomas
Beadle,
R-Fargo

Kathy Hawken,
R-Fargo

Alisa Mitskog,
D-Wahpeton

Cynthia
Schreiber Beck,
R-Wahpeton

Kathy Hogan,
D-Fargo

Corey Mock,
D-Grand Forks

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Rick Becker,
R-Bismarck

Richard
Holman,
D-Mayville

Marvin Nelson,
D-Rolla

Joshua
Boschee,
D-Fargo

Lois Delmore,
D-Grand Forks

Bob Hunskor,
D-Newburg

Mary Johnson,
R-Fargo

Kylie Oversen,
D-Grand Forks

Eliot
Glassheim,
D-Grand Forks

George Keiser,
R-Bismarck

Mark Sanford, Mary Schneider,

R-Grand Forks D-Fargo

Jerry Kelsh,
D-Fullerton

Marie Strinden,
D-Grand Forks

Matthew Klein,
R-Minot

Alex Looysen,
R-Jamestown

Scott Louser,
R-Minot

Lisa Meier,
R-Bismarck

Mike Nathe,
R-Bismarck

Jim Schmidt,
R-Huff

Jay Siebel,
R-Beulah

Peter
Silbernagel,
R-Casselton

Robert
Skarphol,
R-Tioga

Three legislators
Mike Brandenburg,
R-Edgeley; Robert
Frantsvog, R-Minot;
and David Monson,
R-Osnabrock were
absent or not voting.

Bill Amerman,
D-Forman

Jessica Haak,
D-Jamestown

Andrew
Maragos,
R-Minot

Kris Wallman,
D-Fargo

These legislators
split their vote.

Tracy Boe,
D-Mylo

Alan Fehr,
R-Dickinson

Gail Mooney,
D-Cummings

Naomi Muscha,
D-Enderlin

Kenton Onstad,
D-Parshall

Blair Thoreson,
R-Fargo

Pamela
Anderson,
D-Fargo

Ben Hanson,
D-West Fargo

Bob
Martinson,
R-Bismarck

Denton Zubke,
R-Watford City

The representatives above

voted yes on outlawing
discrimination in housing
and employment but no on
banning discrimination when it
comes to public accommodation.

Todd Porter,
R-Mandan

One
representative
voted yes
to the public
accommodation
measure and no
on the housing
measure.

Moorhead man gets maximum 2015 FORD

prison term in brutal beating
By Emily Welker
ewelker@forumcomm.com

Karau

that didnt end up as a murder.

Members of local law enforcement agencies left Michael
Karaus sentencing hearing in
Clay County District Court on
second-degree attempted murder
charges with thumbs-up gestures
and grim smiles on their faces.

MOORHEAD A Moorhead
man convicted of trying to beat
his girlfriend to death with a baseball bat was sentenced Thursday
to more than 17 years in prison
in what judges, prosecutors and
police say is the worst domestic
violence case theyve ever seen BEATING: Back Page

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