Bigots Seek to Repeal LGBT Protection Ordinance

As reported earlier on GayAgenda.com, the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan recently took a huge step towards providing equality to LGBT citizens.

The Kalamazoo City Commission voted 7-0 to adopt an expanded anti-discrimination ordinance that makes it a municipal civil infraction to discriminate against gays, lesbians and transgender citizens. The ordinance makes it illegal to use sexual orientation to discriminate in housing, public accommodations and employment.

However, now a group of bigots have been busy circulating petitions which seek the repeal of the ordinance.

City Clerk, Scott Borling said former city commissioner and current Kalamazoo County Treasurer Mary Balkema officially turned over 189 pages of petitions that contain about 1,600 signatures.

Borling expects the process of verifying the signatures will extend into next week before it is officially determined that the petitions contain at least 1,273 signatures, the minimum Borling said are necessary to trigger reconsideration of the anti-discrimination ordinance.