Clerk Says Enough Signatures Gathered for Equal Rights Ordinance

Question will be on April ballot

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Story Created: Dec 14, 2011 at 6:14 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Dec 14, 2011 at 6:17 PM AKDT

On Wednesday, Municipal Clerk Barbara Gruenstein announced her office verified that the One Anchorage campaign had gathered a sufficient number of registered voters' signatures for the equal rights initiative to be on April's ballot.

The question “Shall the current Municipal Code sections providing legal protections against discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age, physical disability, and mental disability be amended to include protections on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender identity?” will be on the ballot at the April 3 election.

The initiative follows a 2009 veto by Mayor Dan Sullivan of a similar change to municipal code. The assembly, which passed the ordinance, did not have the supermajority 8 votes required to overturn the veto.

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Lluna said on Friday, Dec 16 at 2:37 AM

Yeah they want to be able to sue you if they just ASSUME (with out proof) they didn't get job, house,apt and whatever because their gay.. its about them bullying you so they can push their gayness on you and others..

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huh said on Wednesday, Dec 14 at 7:59 PM

They mean special rights don't they? Who is going to know if someone is gay or trans unless they tell you?

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