[Vision2020] Lewiston, Twin Falls ban sexual identity discrimination

[kfaunce at roadrunner.com]

These are not city wide ordinances.  They ban discrimination of sexual orientation for city hiring.  Moscow already does that and we have for a while.   Several groups are working on a city wide ordinance banning discrimination of sexual orientation, and gender identity/expression in housing and employment similar to Boise and Sandpoint.

Ken Faunce

---- Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote: 
> How much longer must we wait for Moscow to join the list of those communities in Idaho who support equal rights for all?
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> Courtesy of KHQ at:
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> http://www.khq.com/story/20594733/lewiston-tf-ban-sexual-identity-discrimination
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> Lewiston, TF ban sexual identity discrimination
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> LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - Add Twin Falls and Lewiston to the list of Idaho cities to ban discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation.
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> City councils in both cities voted Monday night for language adding sexual orientation to its non-discrimination policies.
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> The Lewiston City Council voted 5-2 to outlaw discrimination in hiring of city jobs.
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> Leaders in Twin Falls voted 5-2 to add sexual orientation to the anti-harassment and discrimination policy for city employees.
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> Lewiston and Twin Falls now join Boise and Sandpoint in taking the official step to prohibit discrimination on hiring for city jobs based on a person's sexual preference or orientation.
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> The votes also come nearly a year after state lawmakers rejected a bill to ban workplace and housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity
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> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
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> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
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> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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> "There's room at the top they are telling you still 
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill 
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
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> - John Lennon
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