Council votes "no" on anti-discrimination bill

Oh Well...........

If this law wasn't needed we wouldn't be fighting for equal rights and protections under the law.I've been told by a judge from the FDIC that there are no laws protecting the LGBT community,because they discriminated against him right here in this city and executive order 13087 is apparently meaningless to the federal government too,why don't all the churchs and people against this rethink there stand because discrimination is still discrimination and the worst kind is hiding behind a religon,why don't they lose there tax expemt status for making such statements any 501-c-3 non-profit would lose all there beifits if they spoke out publicly on a poltical issue or discrimnated like this,so all i can say about the city council is that they are a bunch of racsists and reading some of these post this city will never be any more than what it is,a very discriminatory city,are ya'll going to start attacking other religions next because they are different from your own?

The problem with the Bill would be the unintended consequences, for example if an employer had 2 employees and one who was straight had been employed for 5 years and the other who happened to be gay had been there for 4 years, who do you think would lose their job if the employer had to reduce staff for financial reasons. Most likely it would be the straight person due to fear that the gay person would claim discrimination under the proposed bill.

angels072258, Maybe you should be a better Christian and pray for the end of famine, homelessness, war or disease

Love how this site calls it "voting "NO" on anti-discrimination bill". In actuality, it is voting no against an unnecessary law.

A problem I see is that people are told they are not suppose to judge, yet something like this forces them to make a judgement regarding gay behavior. It's not a judgement say on whether certain gays make good neighbors or are nice people. This bill forces one to focus on people's sexuality only. The Jacksonville City Council was forced to make a judgement about gay sexuality and it made it.

The City Council did the correct thing. There are already enough laws to cover just about anything you can think of,and if you don't like something, you can always find a lawyer willing to sue for you.

What were they thinking??? I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall to hear the discussion before that vote! I find it had to believe that the Jacksonville city council is collectively a group of homophobes that don't feel an individual should be protected legally from discrimination due to sexual preference. They wouldn't have ay problem approving it if it pertained to Discrimmination based on religion. Both are individual choices. Many will even argue that homosexuality is not chosen, but in fact genetically determined. If that is true, why would the rights of gays be any dfferent than minority discrimination?

Amen, Amen, Amen!. God answered our prayers

GOOD! These "IDENTITY CHALLENGED" people don't need rights... They need "HELP"! Take them to the nearest mental health facility!