North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a Republican, went against his party in a powerful rebuke against an anti-LGBTQ resolution that was passed by hundreds of Republican legislators.
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Burgum denounced the controversial resolution, which states that"LGBT practices are unhealthy and dangerous, sometimes endangering or shortening life and sometimes infecting society at large," in a lengthy speech, calling it homophobic and divisive. The GOP-led legislature voted in favor of several dozen resolutions -- statements of policy for the state's Republican Party -- that claim to reinforce the state's conservative morals and values on marriage, which it defines as a union between one man and one woman, state documents show. The resolutions also reject laws that protect groups based on sexual orientation and gender identity, according to the documents.
Opponents of the resolution package have characterized it as a list explaining why LGBTQ protections would harm the general society.
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