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LostOne4Ever

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8. It was an anti-discrimination ordnance
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 01:00 AM
Nov 2015

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Texas is one of the states where it is completely legal to fire and evict people for being LGBTQ people.

The ordinance forbid both employment and housing discrimination on basis of race, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identitiy.

Exact wording of the measure they were voting for:[/font]

[div class="excerpt" style="margin-left:1em; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-radius:0.4615em; box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #999999;"]Are you in favor of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, Ord. No. 2014-530, which prohibits discrimination in city employment and city services, city contracts, public accommodations, private employment, and housing based on an individual’s sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, familial status, marital status, military status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or pregnancy

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Here is a link to the original ordinance in full:
http://www.houstontx.gov/equal_rights_ordinance.pdf[/font]

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