UPDATE/Nebraska- Drive to repeal Omaha anti-bias ordinance is under way

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Drive to repeal Omaha anti-bias ordinance is under way


By Juan Perez Jr., WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER | Published Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 12:00 am / Updated at 1:28 am


http://www.omaha.com/article/20120914/NEWS/709159985/1685#drive-to-repeal-omaha-anti-bias-ordinance-is-under-way


An attempt to repeal Omaha's legal protections for gay and transgender residents is under way, a move that could inject the contentious issue into next year's city election.

A group calling itself the Omaha Liberty Project filed a petition request with the City of Omaha this week, seeking to put the city's expanded anti-discrimination protections to a public vote.

City legal officials are reviewing the proposed petition, a step that could be completed early next week.

When approved, the petition's language then would be sent to the Douglas County Election Commissioner's Office, city legal officials said. Once the petition is officially launched, the group would have 30 days to collect enough signatures.

The sign-up process would likely begin this fall.

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Petition drive aims to overturn protections for gays in Omaha

By Juan Perez Jr., WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER | Published Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 1:00 am / Updated at 4:15 am

http://www.omaha.com/article/20121010/NEWS/710109891/1687#petition-drive-aims-to-overturn-protections-for-gays-in-omaha


Petitions to overturn Omaha's legal protections for gay and transgender residents are now being distributed, and organizers are confident that they can quickly surpass the roughly 11,400 signatures required to put the measure before voters.

The petition drive is counting on support from some local religious congregations and political conservatives. If successful, the effort would alter the tone of next spring's city elections by injecting a hotly debated social issue into mayoral and City Council campaigns.

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Christian Groups Work to Rescind LGBT Discrimination Protections in Omaha

BY Neal Broverman | October 15 2012 2:12 PM ET

http://www.advocate.com/politics/religion/2012/10/15/christian-groups-work-rescind-lgbt-discrimination-protections-omaha


Christian groups began a petition drive to overturn LGBT discrimination protections enacted by the Omaha City Council in March.

The coalition of Christian groups is confident they can get the 11,400 signatures needed to start the process of getting the protections put to a citywide vote.

"We're confident we'll get the signatures fairly rapidly," said Patrick Bonnett, executive director of the Omaha Liberty Project, a group that's part of the antigay effort. Training efforts for petition circulators have already begun.