Springfield, Missouri Voters Repeal LGBT Non-Discrimination Ordinance

Springfield, Missouri Voters Repeal LGBT Non-Discrimination Ordinance

Voters in Springfield, Missouri today repealed protections for LGBT citizens which were added by the City Council to the city’s non-discrimination ordinance last October, KY3 reports:

SpringfieldWith all the votes tallied, about 51.4 percent of the voters on Tuesday said they wanted to repeal the City Council’s action, while 48.6 percent wanted to retain it.  The raw numbers are 15,347 people voted “yes” to repeal the anti-discrimination ordinance and 14,493 people voted “no” to keep it on the books.

For a brief time on Tuesday night, when about 60 percent of the precincts were counted, the “no repeal” votes had a slim lead over the “yes, repeal” votes.  As more precincts were counted, however, the “yes” votes went back on top.

KY3 adds:

The “yes, repeal” supporters said the amendment means transgender women (men who feel like women or are transitioning to women) have permission to use restrooms of women and girls.  They also said it would have violated the rights of conservative Christians who oppose the lifestyles of gay men and lesbian women, and don’t want to serve them in their businesses.


Andy Towle

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Derek Hough Posts Nude Pic To Show Freezing Temperature, Plus What To Do If You Want More ‘Looking’

Derek Hough Posts Nude Pic To Show Freezing Temperature, Plus What To Do If You Want More ‘Looking’

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Billy Eichner wants you to stop asking him the same question over and over so he answered it once and for all.

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John Travolta may figure very prominently in Going Clear, the Scientology exposé that recently aired on HBO, but he hasn’t watched it and doesn’t plan to. He also predicts that the “religion’s” other most-famous disciple, Tom Cruise, won’t either.

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The man who created the Lucille Ball sculpture has seen the error of his ways, apologized and plans to amend the great wrong he did the late comedy legend.

 

Dancing With the Stars Derek Hough isn’t afraid of shrinkage.

Seth Myers is the latest comic-turned-late night talk show host to blast Indiana’s ridiculous governor Mike Pence.

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There’s an online petition to urge HBO to renew Looking for a third season and more than 60,000 people have signed so far. So you Raul Castillo and Jonathan Groff fans, get off the stick and do your boys a solid.

Out actor Chad Allen, star of St. Elsewhere, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, plus countless other TV series and movies, has announced he’s moving on to a new career.

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Empire's Cookie Lyon Meets Han Solo, as Imagined by Sean Hayes and His Husband: VIDEO

Empire's Cookie Lyon Meets Han Solo, as Imagined by Sean Hayes and His Husband: VIDEO

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We’re pretty sure this is not the upcoming trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’re also pretty sure that Empire’s Cookie Lyon would never cross paths with Han Solo, except perhaps in The ‘Empire’ Strikes Back.

Except of course, in Sean Hayes’s imagination. Are he and his husband Scott trying to edge George and Brad Takei out of the competition in the married gay web series space? Perhaps we’ll see a collaboration in the near future.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP

 

And then this happened.

Posted by Sean Hayes on Saturday, April 4, 2015


Andy Towle

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