Opponents of Kalamazoo city ordinance are fighting a losing battle against gay

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Opponents of Kalamazoo city ordinance are fighting a losing battle against gay rights
by Julie Mack | Kalamazoo Gazette
Wednesday January 14, 2009, 12:25 AM

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/01/opponents_of_kalamazoo_city_or.html

The Kalamazoo City Commission has backed off, at least temporarily, on its new ordinance outlawing discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender individuals.

But even if the commission doesn't come back with a reworked proposal any time soon, my sense is that ordinance opponents are on the wrong side of history.

The tipping point has been reached on the issue of gay rights. Sure, California voters passed Prop 8 in November. Yes, President-elect Obama is hedging on supporting same-sex marriage. True, the American Family Association of Michigan was able to get 1,300 Kalamazoo residents to sign petitions protesting the new ordinance.