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Hillsboro [OR] unanimously passes GLBT anti-discrimination ordinance

Started by Kate Thomas, August 19, 2006, 12:58:50 AM

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http://www.blueoregon.com/2006/08/hillsboro_unani.html

QuoteHillsboro unanimously passes GLBT anti-discrimination ordinance



According to Basic Rights Oregon:

The City of Hillsboro Tuesday evening unanimously approved a city-wide ban on discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodation on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity after hearing public testimony from faith leaders, business owners and the GLBT community in support of the legislation. The unanimous vote followed months of grassroots organizing work by Hillsboro activists affiliated with Basic Rights Oregon to lobby the Hillsboro city council and build community support for the new law. ...
In enacting such a law, the City of Hillsboro has joined two Oregon counties and eight cities that have enacted similar laws: Multnomah County, Benton County, Salem, Portland, Beaverton, Bend, Ashland, Lake Oswego, Eugene and Lincoln City.

QuoteFreedom from discrimination should not depend on one's zip code
"But who is that on the other side of you?"
T.S. Eliot
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