Posted on Dec 24, 2018
Prairie Village and Mission Just Approved LGBTQ Protections. What Cities Are Next?
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About a week before Christmas, the Prairie Village City Council uanimously approved an ordinance barring discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Two nights later, the Mission City Council approved a similar ordinance 7-1.
Brett Hoedl, with the Metro Kansas City chapter of the nonprofit LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Kansas, helped spearhead efforts to lobby both cities for the protections and attended the meetings when they were finally approved.
"It was overwhelming. The applause was loud and long. It was awesome," he said.
While Hoedl celebrated those victories, he was also turning his attention to the future.
Merriam has also recently debated its own non-discrimination ordinance covering sexual orientation and gender identity and could vote on it as soon as January. And Hoedl said residents in Lenexa, Olathe, Overland Park and Shawnee, have started pressing their local governments to take up the issue.
"I think having these cities in northeast Johnson County was key to having the debate start," he said. "But I don't think it's going to slow down."
Brett Hoedl, with the Metro Kansas City chapter of the nonprofit LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Kansas, helped spearhead efforts to lobby both cities for the protections and attended the meetings when they were finally approved.
"It was overwhelming. The applause was loud and long. It was awesome," he said.
While Hoedl celebrated those victories, he was also turning his attention to the future.
Merriam has also recently debated its own non-discrimination ordinance covering sexual orientation and gender identity and could vote on it as soon as January. And Hoedl said residents in Lenexa, Olathe, Overland Park and Shawnee, have started pressing their local governments to take up the issue.
"I think having these cities in northeast Johnson County was key to having the debate start," he said. "But I don't think it's going to slow down."
Prairie Village and Mission Just Approved LGBTQ Protections. What Cities Are Next?
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It is natural to be open, receptive and we welcoming.
It is natural to receive a stranger as a guest and later as friend.
It is UNnatural to hate or reject people.
It is natural to receive a stranger as a guest and later as friend.
It is UNnatural to hate or reject people.
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Thank you for the interesting read. This seems to be a very touchy subject for some people, but I’ve never had one. I have had many homosexual people I have worked with as a firefighter and a paramedic.
They knew where I stood in my faith, and I had a great deal of respect for those guys and girls.
It all amounts to this according to the life of Christ: he would never have shunned anyone for it, but he would have instead responded with unconditional love, and that is how I treat everyone.
They knew where I stood in my faith, and I had a great deal of respect for those guys and girls.
It all amounts to this according to the life of Christ: he would never have shunned anyone for it, but he would have instead responded with unconditional love, and that is how I treat everyone.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT Michael Thorin One of the Things that Make Johnson County Great is Our Cultural Diversity, from LGBT, Transgender, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs.
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