Gainesville voters reject repeal of LGBT civil rights
Posted on March 25, 2009
Filed Under 365Gay, News
(Gainesville, Florida) Voters on Tuesday turned down a measure that could have stripped Gainesville government’s anti-discrimination protections for LGBT residents.
With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, the vote was 58 percent against changing the law.
“Gainesville is a place that will not allow discrimination,” said Craig Lowe, a city commissioner who …
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