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What century is it?

The state director of the Concerned Women for America quibbled with some of the viewpoints attributed to her in a story about the anti-discrimination ordinance headed to the Missoula City Council.
Here’s the letter that ran today from Patti Kanduch. And below is more from the earlier interview with her.
Kanduch said a Christian photography business got [...]

The Equality Squad

Some Forward Montana folks in colorful get-ups were on the University of Montana oval today collecting signatures for “Equality for all Montanans.”
Who are they? The Equality Squad.
The effort is related to the anti-discrimination ordinance coming soon to the Missoula City Council floor. The bright red, blue, yellow and green track suits are flagged for diversity, [...]

Ice cream for old gay Buddhist veterans too

What does a Missoula City Council committee do when faced with an ordinance calling for inclusion? Makes it more inclusive, it appears.
Yesterday, the Public Safety and Health Committee set a public hearing for April 12 on the ordinance protecting people including LGBT folks in the areas of employment, housing and hangouts. (Ice cream parlors, [...]

Lesbians get ice cream too

Councilman Dave Strohmaier released a draft of the anti-discrimination ordinance coming this spring to the Missoula City Council.
It starts off like this:
It is the intent of the City of Missoula that no person shall be denied his or her civil rights or be discriminated against based upon his or her actual or perceived race, color, [...]

Queer policies

The Montana Human Rights Network wants Missoula to adopt a policy that protects LGBT folks from discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations.
Below are the city’s own hiring policies from the Human Resource office. Both the affirmative action and disability sections note “sexual preference,” a phrase Network organizer Jamee Greer said is archaic.

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