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In 2001, Hollis acknowledged that his son, Michael Hollis, is homosexual. He introduced a bill to prohibit all but the smallest businesses in Louisiana from discriminating against employees because of sexual preference.
In 2001, Hollis acknowledged that his son, Michael Hollis, is homosexual. He introduced a bill to prohibit all but the smallest businesses in Louisiana from discriminating against employees because of sexual preference.
"This was a real gut issue for me. I realized this is probably not the smartest position, politically, to take. It would have been easy for me to be somewhere else. But I just reached down deep. I voted for it. I did the right thing, and I have had a calm feeling since," Hollis told the national homosexual publication ''The Advocate'' in its June 19, 2001 issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bighearted+on+the+bayou.-a075435290|title=Big Hearted on the Bayou|publisher=''The Advocate (homosexual magazine)|accessdate=October 28, 2013.</ref> Mike Hollis is also a Louisiana Tech graduate and at the time was a Tech administrator who feared that he could be fired from his job. He since left the university and worked with his father in providing employee benefits consulting to both large and small companies in the region.
"This was a real gut issue for me. I realized this is probably not the smartest position, politically, to take. It would have been easy for me to be somewhere else. But I just reached down deep. I voted for it. I did the right thing, and I have had a calm feeling since," Hollis told the national homosexual publication ''The Advocate'' in its June 19, 2001 issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bighearted+on+the+bayou.-a075435290|title=Big Hearted on the Bayou|publisher=thefreelibrary.com|accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref> Mike Hollis is also a Louisiana Tech graduate and at the time was a Tech administrator who feared that he could be fired from his job. He since left the university and worked with his father in providing employee benefits consulting to both large and small companies in the region.
The Senate committee voted 3-2 to send the bill to the full chamber, where it was defeated.
The Senate committee voted 3-2 to send the bill to the full chamber, where it was defeated.