Commissioners voted down old
ordinance
Last Edited: Monday, 12 Jan 2009, 11:48 PM EST
Created On: Monday, 12 Jan 2009, 8:36 PM EST
* Marc Thompson
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QuoteThe gay, lesbian and transgender community was pleased with the ordinance but opposition groups were not. In the allotted 20-day time period, the groups gathered enough petition signatures -- some 1,400 -- to place the ordinance back before the commission.
On Monday night, commissioners voted down the ordinance that was passed in December 2008. They did this, however, in order to come up with a new ordinance that still provides those protections against discrimination but is less ambiguous than the first one.
"My husband and I worked on this together. We believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God in its entirety," said Jan Stole, who is against the ordinance, said at Monday's meeting.