Across the nation.Moorhead, Minn. The city council on July 21 unanimously voted to add protections for sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. to the city human rights ordinance. When the ordinance was established in 1989, the council specifically voted to exclude sexual orientation. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Harrisburg, Pa. Gov. Ed Gov. abbr. governor Rendell on July 28 signed an executive order banning discrimination based on gender identity and expression in state agencies. Earlier in the month, Rendell appointed openly gay Stephen Glassman as chair of the state's Human Relations human relations npl → relaciones fpl humanas Commission. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Shawnee County, Kan. County commissioners on July 21 unanimously approved a ban on discrimination in county employment based on sexual orientation. The county is home to the Westboro Baptist Church and the church's infamously antigay pastor, Fred Phelps FRED PHELPS WILL BURN IN HELL! HIS LIFE ISN'T WORTH BEING DISCUSSED! SPREAD THE WORD. THE WORD OF: GAY RIGHTS!! . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gulfport, Miss. The city council voted 5-1 on July 22 to condemn the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of the Texas sodomy law A sodomy law is a law that defines certain sexual acts as sex crimes. The precise sexual acts meant by the term sodomy are rarely spelled out in the law, but is typically understood by courts to include any sexual act which does not lead to procreation. prohibiting gay sex. One councilman called it "the worst thing to happen to this country since they took prayer out of schools." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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