Alaska mayor vetoes law granting LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections

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BY TAL AXELROD - 03/01/19 07:53 PM EST

Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly (R), who oversees Alaska’s second largest city, vetoed legislation Friday that would grant anti-discrimination protections to the LGBTQ community.

Matherly said he intends to put the legislation, which the city council approved by a 4-2 margin, on the ballot in October and leave its fate to city residents, according to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.

“I do not take this action lightly... As with most concepts, the details become challenging when they affect so many people with different priorities and opinions. It is those details that I think require further examination,” Matherly said in a column to the News-Miner.

The law would have protected LGBTQ members from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations and would have provided an avenue for people to bring discriminatory complaints to court.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/432290-alaska-mayor-vetoes-law-granting-lgbtq-anti-discrimination-protections

[PupCamo]

1. it's his opinion that we shouldn't have equal protection under the law

good people on both sides of the issue

[Celerity]

2. Matherly can fuck right off

[Behind the Aegis]

3. It's OK, it's just gays.

We don't need or deserve protection according to many people, and shit like this demonstrates it, as does the calls for LGBT to "be calm" and "focus" on the bigger issues.