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Hometown of anti-gay Indiana governor unanimously passes LGBTI protections
The hometown of the Indiana governor who tried to legalize anti-gay discrimination has passed LGBTI protections.
Columbus councilmen voted unanimously Tuesday (1 September) to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city’s human rights ordinance. The council could take a final vote on the ordinance change on 15 September.
‘When we look at Columbus in 20 years, this will seem like a no-brainer,’ councilman Frank Jerome told AP.
Indiana’s Republican governor, Mike Pence, grew up in the city of 44,061 people. In March, he signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into state law, allowing businesses to turn away LGBTI customers on religious grounds.
But after a national backlash, he quickly ‘fixed’ the law.
Indianapolis, South Bend and Evansville all have local ordinances that include sexual orientation, but Democrat lawmakers are now pushing for statewide protections.
Pence has said he does not tolerate discrimination against anyone, but he has always opposed against civil rights protections for LGBTI people.
‘The governor is listening to people on all sides of the issue in order to determine how best to move forward,’ a spokesperson for the governor said on Wednesday.
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