Are City-Based Gay Rights Protections Needed?
Kirkwood is the latest to consider protections for the LGBT community, just days after St. Louis County approved similar measures. Is it redundant or needed on the local level?
Kirkwood is the latest St. Louis-area municipality to consider an ordinance that would protect residents from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Last week, the city council gave preliminary approval to the measure. If approved, Kirkwood would become the 11th municipality in Missouri to approve similar measures. And just a few weeks ago, the county itself passed gay-rights legislation that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals from discrimination in unincorporated areas. The municipalities that have such measures include the first community to do so, University City, which did so in 2003. Then Olivette did so. The Riverfront Times reports that the 10 municipalities in Missouri also include…
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Dan Johnson
2:16 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
If nothing else, they demonstrate why no one would choose to be gay if it were a matter of choice. The only choice is deciding to live life as an authentic human being, or living a destructive life of lies and denial of our humanity. more ›