Posted on 12/11/2014 7:54:47 AM PST by lifeofgrace
(H/T to Ryan T. Anderson at the Daily Signal)
Despite the foaming vitriolic mouths of the Left, calling for the reality-TV star Duggars’ heads, and prophesying TEOTWAWKI, the citizens of Fayetteville, Arkansas chose common sense over granting special LGBT privileges. They repealed the ordinance passed by their city council in August. Hooray for democracy, and proving the theory that all politics is local. The Duggars campaigned in favor of repeal of this ordinance, causing a firestorm of pique and calls for 19 Kids and Counting to be cancelled by TLC.
Among other things, the law made it a crime for citizens to engage in what the government deemed to be “discrimination” based on real or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity. Concerns were raised about wedding vendors and “discrimination” based on sexual orientation, as well as bathroom policies and “discrimination” based on gender identity (particularly transgender individuals—which bathrooms must biological males who identify as women, and biological females who identify as men, be allowed to use).The vote was 7,523 to 7,040, or 52% to 48% to repeal.
The supporters of LGBT rights, aka the non-existent gay agenda, headed by the doublespeak named Human Rights Council (HRC), has been pushing for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) laws at the state and local level, such as the one which threatened a wedding chapel in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho if they didn’t perform same sex marriages (this was later walked back and “clarified” after a lawsuit by the chapel’s owners).
As Ryan Anderson noted,
Not content merely to redefine marriage throughout America, the activists at HRC want to use government coercion to impose their agenda on Americans.At all levels of government, it’s up to citizens to keep unrestricted government power in check, especially when influenced by powerful lobbies who regularly use threats and intimidation to ram their agenda through.
Citizens must do this because there are some ideologues who want SOGI laws to trump basic civil liberties. There are some activists who are working to pass laws that would allow the government to coerce individuals to violate their beliefs about marriage. And, as the organizer of Repeal 119 noted, they frequently are coming from out of town.Quoting Erick Erickson’s punchline here: you will be made to care. And the people in Fayetteville cared and took action.
A win.
(originally posted at RedState.com)
Till the liberal activist federal judge gets hold of them.
The vote was 7,523 to 7,040, or 52% to 48% to repeal.
What kind of people are the 48%?
anti-Christian perverts.
Any other questions?
Which Fayetteville? There are several scattered across the nation?
That’s the end of their show.
*nevermind* Read the first sentence, nully!
The one next to “Springfield”...
I guess the money's good.
EXCELLENT answer!!!
Anyone else notice that we’ve been hearing lots more in recent years about the “T” in “LGBT”, meaning these trans-whatever people???
The whole “gay rights” issue has morphed into one in which we are now being forced to swallow “equal rights” for trans-whatever people. Now we have to be concerned about which bathrooms and locker rooms and sports teams people are on. We can’t use common sense anymore that someone is male or female, one or the other. Now we have to accomodate people who aren’t quite sure, or wish they didn’t have certain body parts and all that.
This is a crazy world.
Still way closer than I would have predicted in Arkansas. Do 48% of the people really think this kind of tripe is worth keeping?
http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/placename50.htm
the place name of Riverside can be found in all but four states (it does not exist in Hawaii, Alaska, Louisiana, and Oklahoma).
The runner up was Centerville in 45 states, followed by Fairview (43 states), Franklin (42), Midway (40), Fairfield (39), Pleasant Valley (39), Troy (39), Liberty (38), and Union (38). Springfield isn’t even in the top ten (only 35 states have a Springfield).
“What kind of people are the 48%?”
about half the whole Country now days. Messed up, isn’t it?
And our future looks swell.
Next up LGBTP. The new frontier is normalization of pedos. Personally I prefer a .45 to the temple for pedos...
Keep in mind, Fayetteville is a big college town.
It’s a college town. That explains the 48%.
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