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A mayor & thousands of businesses asked a city council for civil rights law. The council voted no.
The non-discrimination ordinance would protect LGBTQ people and keep businesses from fleeing town. It still didn’t pass – and council members have different excuses as to why.
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A Florida city’s LGBTQ nondiscrimination law was struck down by the court. So they passed it again.
The court had struck down the original ordinance on a technicality after a hate group sued.
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Small Ohio town passes human rights ordinance via Zoom during pandemic because “people can’t wait”
“The world seems to be on hold, but many people can’t wait to be afforded basic legal protections everyone else has.”
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Appeals court strikes down Jacksonville civil rights ordinance after hate group sues
The law was tossed out on a technicality, but the city has promised to re-pass the LGBTQ-inclusive ordinance ASAP.
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Kim Davis’ lawyer is fighting to overturn Jacksonville’s human rights ordinance
He’s pulling out all the stops to block civil rights protections for LGBTQ people.
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Jacksonville passes inclusive nondiscrimination protections
Mayor Lenny Curry said he will let it become law without his signature.
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Indiana religious right groups go to court to overturn local human rights laws
They are suing to overturn the “fix” to the state’s controversial law that would have allowed businesses to discriminate against LGBT people.