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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlaska mayor vetoes law granting LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections
BY TAL AXELROD - 03/01/19 07:53 PM EST
Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly (R), who oversees Alaskas second largest city, vetoed legislation Friday that would grant anti-discrimination protections to the LGBTQ community.
Matherly said he intends to put the legislation, which the city council approved by a 4-2 margin, on the ballot in October and leave its fate to city residents, according to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
I do not take this action lightly... As with most concepts, the details become challenging when they affect so many people with different priorities and opinions. It is those details that I think require further examination, Matherly said in a column to the News-Miner.
The law would have protected LGBTQ members from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations and would have provided an avenue for people to bring discriminatory complaints to court.
Matherly said he intends to put the legislation, which the city council approved by a 4-2 margin, on the ballot in October and leave its fate to city residents, according to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
I do not take this action lightly... As with most concepts, the details become challenging when they affect so many people with different priorities and opinions. It is those details that I think require further examination, Matherly said in a column to the News-Miner.
The law would have protected LGBTQ members from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations and would have provided an avenue for people to bring discriminatory complaints to court.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/432290-alaska-mayor-vetoes-law-granting-lgbtq-anti-discrimination-protections
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Alaska mayor vetoes law granting LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Mar 2019
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PupCamo
(288 posts)1. it's his opinion that we shouldn't have equal protection under the law
good people on both sides of the issue
Celerity
(43,402 posts)2. Matherly can fuck right off
Behind the Aegis
(53,959 posts)3. It's OK, it's just gays.
We don't need or deserve protection according to many people, and shit like this demonstrates it, as does the calls for LGBT to "be calm" and "focus" on the bigger issues.