VIDEO: Rep. Drenner on LGBT Employment Protections Bill

State Rep. Karla Drenner, D-Avondale Estates, spoke before a House subcommittee Tuesday on a bill – which was killed – that would opened state and university jobs to applicants of any sexual orientation.

Drenner is the first openly gay politician elected to the Georgia legislature.

Here's a excerpt from a story in the The GA Voice explaining the opposition's position:

Tanya Ditty, state director for the anti-gay Concerned Women for America, testified at the hearing urging committee members to oppose the bill.

"What's going to protect our children if a pedophiliac comes in and gets a teaching job, is a bus driver, is a custodian? And they could be people that just want to prey on children and they would be protected by this law," she said.

She also stated that "sexual orientation" includes pedophilia, transsexuality, zoophilia and necrophilia and that "we do not believe the government should have a special protected minority class."

After the hearing, Graham said he hoped people would better understand what Georgia faces at the General Assembly every day when working for LGBT equality after hearing Ditty's comments.

"I  think it certainly shows there is reasonable argument why this bill should pass. It is up to the members of the committee and the legislature to do what is right or cave into the ridiculous fears of our opponents."

Drenner said though the bill could come back, it remains unlikely. She is also such as T-Mobile from building cell phone towers on school sites.