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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFINALLY! Anchorage Assembly passes LGBT rights law.
http://www.adn.com/article/20150929/anchorage-assembly-passes-lgbt-rights-law
In a 9-2 vote, the Anchorage Assembly late Tuesday night made it illegal in the city to discriminate over sexual orientation or gender identity.
The new local civil rights ordinance, the first of its kind in Alaska, will take effect as soon as it is signed by Assembly Chair Dick Traini, with the Assembly rejecting an amendment to require a public advisory vote in April.
Mayor Ethan Berkowitz said he does not plan to veto the ordinance, which was co-authored by Assembly members Bill Evans and Patrick Flynn and passed shortly before midnight Tuesday. The ordinance adds protections to Anchorage equal rights laws for gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people in housing, employment and public accommodations and includes exemptions for religious groups and those with ministerial duties.
In a joint statement released immediately after the Assembly vote, the organizations Alaskans Together for Equality, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, the Pride Foundation and the Human Rights Campaign praised the ordinance and the efforts of Evans and Flynn. Evans usually votes with the Assemblys conservative bloc, and Flynn usually votes with the liberal bloc.
With todays passage of a strong and fair nondiscrimination ordinance through the Anchorage Assembly, we have taken yet another step toward living up to the Alaskan values of fairness and treating others as we would want to be treated, the statement said. We have joined the vanguard of over 200 cities that say you should not be fired or lose your home simply based on who you are or whom you love.
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We've been trying to get this done since the '70s but have always been blocked by the religious nuts or conservative mayors. Today is a good day.
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FINALLY! Anchorage Assembly passes LGBT rights law. (Original Post)
Blue_In_AK
Sep 2015
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LostOne4Ever
(9,286 posts)1. Woot K&R! nt
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)2. Cool.
K and R
TexasTowelie
(111,931 posts)3. K&R
I'm glad that it happened.
brer cat
(24,523 posts)4. K&R
historylovr
(1,557 posts)5. Hooray!