Missouri Republicans are preparing a blitz of new legislation that would directly attack LGBTQ people, demonize them as a sexual risk to children, and strip them of various rights — and local business leaders are warning it would cause harm to the state, reported KSDK this week. “Business advocates warned the proposals would harm the state’s economic attractiveness, and could result in companies or workers avoiding moving to Missouri,” reported Mark Maxwell. “‘There is a group of employees who won’t come here because they think Missouri is a backwards and bigoted state,’ Shannon Cooper with th…
