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'''Beryl Adams Amedée''' (born October 1964)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=387618|title=Beryl Amedee, October 1964|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 51, which encompasses Assumption, Lafourche, St. Mary, and Terrebonne parishes in the southern portion of [[Louisiana]]. Amedee formerly served on the Terrebonne Parish Council, based in Houma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/story/30578398/adams-amedee-defeats-incumbent-joe-harrison-in-state-rep-district-51-race|title=Adams Amedée defeats incumbent Joe Harrison in state Rep. District 51 race|publisher=KATC|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> A long-time advocate of [[home schooling]], she was formerly a staff member of the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum, based in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Beryl&qmi=A&qn=Amedee&qcs=Houma%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Beryl Adams Amedee|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref>

'''Beryl Adams Amedée''' (born October 1964)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=387618|title=Beryl Amedee, October 1964|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 51, which encompasses Assumption, Lafourche, St. Mary, and Terrebonne parishes in the southern portion of [[Louisiana]]. Amedee formerly served on the Terrebonne Parish Council, based in Houma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/story/30578398/adams-amedee-defeats-incumbent-joe-harrison-in-state-rep-district-51-race|title=Adams Amedée defeats incumbent Joe Harrison in state Rep. District 51 race|publisher=KATC|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> A long-time advocate of [[home schooling]], she was formerly a staff member of the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum, based in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Beryl&qmi=A&qn=Amedee&qcs=Houma%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Beryl Adams Amedee|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref>

In the runoff election held on November 21, 2015, Amedée unseated the two-term incumbent Republican Representative [[Joe Harrison]] of Napoleonville, 4,101 votes (52 percent) to 3,783 (48 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref>

In the runoff election held on November 21, 2015, Amedée unseated the two-term incumbent Republican Representative [[Joe Harrison]] of Napoleonville, 4,101 votes (52 percent) to 3,783 (48 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref>

Amedée is one of the seventeen Louisiana House Republicans who openly sided with Attorney General [[Jeff Landry]] in blocking an executive order by [[Governor]][[John Bel Edwards]] which until it was declared unconstiutional would have protected homosexuals from discrimination in the workplace. She also opposes a state Senate bill which would require all employers but religious institutions to hire regardless of sexual orientation. The Senate bill, she said, places greater restrictions and burdens on businesses beyond what federal law requires and is a threat to religious freedom. Amedée said she opposes governmental intrusion into the employment process but reached out to homosexuals, saying, "People don’t want to understand today that if I disagree with you, that doesn’t mean that I hate you.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2017/05/06/lgbt-and-gender-identity-issues-take-center-stage-legislature/101338940/|title=LGBT, gender identity issues take center stage at legislature|author=Sarah Gamard|date=May 6, 2017|publisher=''The Alexandria (Louisiana) Town Talk''|accessdate=May 8, 2017}}</ref>

Amedée is one of the seventeen Louisiana House Republicans who openly sided with Attorney General [[Jeff Landry]] in blocking an executive order by [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] which until it was declared unconstiutional would have protected homosexuals from discrimination in the workplace. She also opposes a state Senate bill which would require all employers but religious institutions to hire regardless of sexual orientation. The Senate bill, she said, places greater restrictions and burdens on businesses beyond what federal law requires and is a threat to religious freedom. Amedée said she opposes governmental intrusion into the employment process but reached out to homosexuals, saying, "People don’t want to understand today that if I disagree with you, that doesn’t mean that I hate you.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2017/05/06/lgbt-and-gender-identity-issues-take-center-stage-legislature/101338940/|title=LGBT, gender identity issues take center stage at legislature|author=Sarah Gamard|date=May 6, 2017|publisher=''The Alexandria (Louisiana) Town Talk''|accessdate=May 8, 2017}}</ref>

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