From the Omaha Liberty Project website:
No discrimination cases were filed against people engaging in Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual or Transgendered sexual behavior leading up to the Council's action and none have been filed since. The State, through an Opinion issued by the Attorney General's Office, has asserted its Supremacy on the issue and opposed the actions taken by the Omaha City Council. The Council failed to meet the 3-way Civil Rights test for creating a new Special Protected Classification for LGBT persons. The Council also saw fit to include Heterosexuals in the Protected Class.
The Ordinance, passed only along Party Lines, was then amended AFTER the Public Hearing and no additional Public Hearing was held on the Amended Ordinance. Further, the Council gave a woefully inadequate special "Exemption" to Churches but the interpretation of the exemption has left the community scratching its collective head.
This ordinance is clearly a violation of our 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech. It infringes upon our Religious Liberties Freedoms and is forcing many people to violate their religious convictions and conscience at work, in business and even in some areas of church life.
If left in place, this Ordinance will have lasting negative effects on our families, our churches and our businesses. Therefore, we in the faith community have mobilized to begin a Petition Process to allow the People of Omaha a Vote on the issue.
So it seems that the issue revolves around Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Conscience, and the Right of Free Speech."
The article cited in the initial post appears to be nothing more than propaganda, and the title of this topic is misleading.
