LINCOLN - The Nebraska Legislature will soon be asked to affirm the U.S. Supreme Court decision barring job discrimination based on sexual orientation and to declare to employers and workers that the state is “welcoming and inclusive for all.”

Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln said a majority of state lawmakers have already signed on to a resolution, which she introduced Monday, affirming that sentiment. She said such resolutions can’t be filibustered. And while resolutions don’t have the legal force of law, she said passage would send a needed message.

Pansing Brooks said 27 of the state’s 49 lawmakers have already signed on to the resolution, and there are other supporters who were absent Monday when she introduced it. Among the co-signers is Sen. Jim Scheer of Norfolk, the speaker of the Legislature, which could help the measure avoid other procedural hurdles.

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