Lima (Ohio) passes city worker protection ordinance

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Lima passes city worker protection ordinance
Gay People's Chronicle
by Eric Resnick
January 1, 2010

http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories10/january/0101104.htm

This northwest Ohio city became the tenth in the state to protect its employees from discrimination by sexual orientation and gender identity on December 21. The vote was 8 to 0.

The measure protects only city workers, but it "lays the groundwork for future ordinances to be passed," said its proponent, Lima resident Brett Shingledecker.