re: Fayetteville's Anti-Discrimination Ordinance... repealed.

LGBTs just want to be treated the same as everyone else - in other words better and/or special.

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LGBTs just want to be treated the same as everyone else - in other words better and/or special.

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Nah man, what sucks is that people still aren't being treated like people. They don't want a new car, you don't have to watch their dog while they're on vacation - and I'm pretty sure no one is legally required to suck a dick.

Now if I'm wrong - that shite should have been repealed

Im sure they would, nothing like getting gangbanged by a bunch of smelly hippies on the internet to brighten up your week

I've not read the ordinance, nor do I care to. I'll just say E. Springdale is the recognized area for the non-citizens. As long as they stay East of Gutensohn and North of the railroad bridge. Fayettevillians are good.

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NAACP

Black Mingle .com... ROTFL

BAC Black American Caucus

it is ridiculous... I wonder if I began Whitemingle.com and advertised how many Jesse Jacksons would bilk the crap out of it to fight the injustice.

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First of all, I'm not sure why you're bringing any of this up as it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the discussion we're having. It just seems weird and out of place.

I tried going to blackmingle.com and it didn't work. But if it does exist, why would it matter? Anyone can create any website they want to--it's not a reflection of anything in particular. I can go make "white people are the devil dot com" and people could bring it up doing an argument about race, but would it really mean anything? No.

As for the NAACP and BAC, what do you not understand? African Americans are a minority that has been crapped on by the majority for hundreds of years. Both organizations formed decades ago when virtually every other political organization was exclusively comprised of white people and primarily represented the interests of white people. There was no place for African Americans in most institutions in the US, so they made their own.

I'm honestly bewildered... what point are you trying to make? How does it relate to Fayetteville's anti-discrimination ordinance?

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It was too broad, IMO. Bring it back to just being about gays, make it very straight-forward, take out the shared pissers idea, and it should pass.

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These are my thoughts exactly. I think most can agree that gay people need and deserve protection from employment/housing discrimination, but the ordinance tries to do too much.

If they created a new ordinance that just added the words "...and sexual orientation" to the existing federal legislation, then I don't think there would be near the backlash.

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lol

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same

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You can't appoint a person to have unchallenged power to instigate witch hunts and lynch mobs, which is precisely how this ordinance would have been policed. Very scary.

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Bear in mind, the MAX penalty under the ordinance was a $500 fine. And it was only classified as a "criminal" offense, because the state does not allow cities to create civil offenses or civil penalties.

It had the same burden of proof of any other infraction. Imagine it like a speeding ticket or a parking ticket. You can challenge those in court if you like, and a situation where discrimination is alleged would actually require the accuser to provide some kind of proof. I have confidence that frivolous claims would be thrown out before even reaching the prosecutor, because there was a built in, required mediation section before a charge could even be pursued.

The problem with this ordinance, which I voted against, BTW, is that it was too broad. The mayor and Petty tried to address every concern of every victim class represented down at the Omni Center all at once.

Go back and extend fair housing and employment non-discrimination protections to gay people, and I'd vote for it in a heartbeat. I feel that there are many people who share my view.

I voted against repeal basically because I couldn't stand the BS coming out of the other side. I didn't really like the ordinance in the first place (felt like it was a bit of Petty trying to grandstand and pass "signature" legislation), but once it became a battle between the two "sides," I had to vote against repeal.

For me, the ordinance became a referendum on where I stood on gay rights. I understand there were numerous reasons to vote against it outside of that, but once the Duggars threw their hats in the ring, it boiled down to a civil rights issue for me.