Jacksonville LGBT Rights Bill to Be Withdrawn

http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/2/14/jacksonville-lgbt-rights-bill-be-withdrawn

The Advocate/By Trudy Ring February 14 2016 8:23 PM EST


"The Jacksonville, Fla., City Council member who had proposed an LGBT-inclusive antidiscrimination ordinance is withdrawing the measure.

Councilman Tommy Hazouri's action, which he announced Saturday, effectively ends efforts to expand the city's human rights ordinance for now, The Florida Times-Union reports. His move comes after a series of public hearings that saw impassioned debate between supporters and opponents of the legislation."

I lived in Jacksonville from 1969-1993 and 2001-2005.  You have to remember even though it has Florida behind the city name, Jacksonville is still pretty much a redneck town in South Georgia.