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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.

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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Posted by hogfly

Fayetteville, AR

Member since May 2014

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Posted on 12/11/14 at 8:36 am to Bear-O-Dactyl

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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.

I totally disagree that there wouldn't be nearly the backlash. Let's face it, the two core groups that really reacted to this ordinance and were outspokenly against it were libertarian/tea party folks and the conservative christians. Neither one of those are ever going to like ANY kind of ordinance that deals with this issue, regardless how mild it might be.

I'm not saying that it wouldn't have a better chance of passing if it were reined back, but the venom and vitriol surrounding the attempt would be equally outrageous. People who had a measured nuanced opposition to the ordinance based upon its wording or overreaching mainly voted against it quietly and went on their way.

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