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Lincoln, Neb., city council adds LGBT protections to civil rights ordinance
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Lincoln, Neb., City Council on Monday evening approved expanding the city’s civil rights protections to include its LGBT citizens. The partisan vote was approved by the five Democrats on the council; the two Republicans abstained, saying they had a conflict of interest.
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Nebraska woman rails against gays during public hearing
LINCOLN, Neb. — Video surfaced Friday of Lincoln, Neb., resident Jane Skrovota and her graphic anti-gay diatribe, which she delivered during a public hearing before the Lincoln city council earlier this week on a proposed ordinance to ban discrimination against gays and transgender citizens in employment, housing and public accommodations.
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Lincoln, Neb., moves forward with proposed expansion of city’s civil rights ordinance
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Lincoln, Neb., city council has indicated will continue its efforts to pass an expansion of the city’s civil rights ordinance to cover gay and transgender people, despite an opinion by the state’s Attorney General Jon Bruning, that the council does not have that power.
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Lincoln, Neb., lawmakers support Fairness Ordinance for LGBT citizens
LINCOLN, Neb. — City council member Carl Eskridge on Monday introduced the Lincoln, Neb., “Fairness Ordinance,” a measure that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city’s non-discrimination law.
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Nebraska’s capital city to consider LGBT fairness ordinance
LINCOLN, Neb. — The city council in Lincoln, Neb., is expected to consider a “fairness ordinance” that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city’s non-discrimination law.
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Nebraska football coach under fire for opposing non-discrimination ordinance
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska’s only openly gay elected official is calling for the termination of University of Nebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown after he testified against Omaha’s proposed ordinance to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.