Kelly Votes to Ban Discriminatory Employment Ads

With , a state legislator representing drew an ethnic connection during a recent discussion in Hartford concerning employment ads that discriminate against the unemployed.

According to the Hartford Courant, state Sen. Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford, who at town hall this year, noted that job ads that say that people not currently employed should not apply reminded him of ads his grandparents told him about that said the Irish need not apply.

The Senate on Tuesday voted 30-5 to ban ads that discriminate against the unemployed. New York, New Jersey and other states have already passed similar laws.