SR: Lake City Sent Right Message

On Tuesday, just before the clock struck midnight, Coeur d’Alene joined Sandpoint, Moscow, Boise and Ketchum as the only Idaho cities to pass an ordinance that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation. Thus, the Lake City struck another blow for human rights, just as it did with its resistance to the white supremacists who tried to turn this scenic enclave into their ugly bunker of hate. The long hours of impassioned public testimony that preceded the 5-1 Coeur d’Alene City Council vote underscores again the Legislature’s stonewalling. The issue has yet to get a hearing, let alone a vote. Meanwhile, Coeur d’Alene became the latest town to extend basic fairness to its gay and transgendered residents by prohibiting discrimination in housing, the workplace and public accommodations. That this occurred in a conservative city makes it more noteworthy, though by no means unique. Fifteen communities in red-state Utah have passed similar ordinances/ Spokesman-Review Editorial Board . More here.

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