Springfield, Missouri, Voters Repeal LGBT Rights Ordinance

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Voters have narrowly repealed an LGBT-rights law in Springfield, Missouri, according to ballot results Tuesday night.

With all precincts reporting, the Greene County Clerk shows Question 1 passing 51.43% to 48.57%.

“We are very disappointed that we didn’t have the exact outcome that we wanted, but we are encouraged that the vote was so very close,” Crystal Clinkenbeard, a spokeswoman for the LGBT-rights campaign No Repeal, told BuzzFeed News.

The vote comes after a fierce clash between LGBT advocates and religious conservatives, who invoked campaign themes of Christian-owned businesses forced to sell products for gay weddings and cross-dressing predators lurking in women’s restrooms.

The defeat for LGBT-rights advocates is also a reverse of momentum. Last week, LGBT organizations around the U.S. successfully pressed legislatures in Indiana and Arkansas to dial back religious freedom laws that many worried allowed discrimination against gays and lesbians.

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Will Anita Bryant fly in? Seriously, we've traveled back in time,

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1. Why are people voting

on whether or not PEOPLE should have equal rights? I don't understand that at all.

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2. And why did they have a special election when the electorate is smaller?

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4. Because if they can't beat us

they cheat us.

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3. Civil rights should NEVER be subject to popular vote.

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5. For sure

something needs to change, and faster than it is.