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By artlynentertainment | November 14, 2009 - 9:58 am - Posted in gay rights/protection law

Charleston City Council will be weighing new anti-discrimination ordinances next week, providing fresh support for minorities in regards to housing and business.

The city has an existing non-discrimination ordinance for renting and selling property, protecting people from abuses based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, and national origin. The proposed changes would add sexual orientation and age to the protected classes.

Source - Charleston City Paper

By artlynentertainment | November 11, 2009 - 12:13 am - Posted in gay rights/protection law

In a rare move, the LDS Church announced Tuesday night its support of Salt Lake City’s proposed ordinances protecting gay and transgender people from discrimination in housing and employment.

Hours later, the City Council approved the measures unanimously.

“The church supports these ordinances,” said spokesman Michael Otterson, “because they are fair and reasonable and do not do violence to the institution of marriage.”

They also are entirely consistent, he said, with church teachings.

“I believe in a church that believes in human dignity and treating people with respect when we disagree — in fact, especially when we disagree.”

The move was hailed by leaders of Utah’s gay community — some of them stunned — who called it groundbreaking policy that they hope will set the stage for statewide legislation.

Source - The Salt Lake Tribune

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