Edge on Demand: Did City Council Make the Right Call?

March 4, 2015

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The heated debate over adding members of Charlotte’s LGBT community to the city’s list of protected groups continues. City Council voted down a proposal to amend the city’s existing non-discrimination ordinance.

Monday night, City Council voted against expanding the city’s non-discrimination ordinance to include sexual orientation, gender expression and gender identity to a list of protected groups. It also would have prohibited discrimination based on someone’s marital and familial status.

Before the vote, the council removed a section of the ordinance that would have allowed transgendered people to use the bathroom in which they feel most comfortable. The measure failed 6 – 5 after hours of comments from supporters and opponents.

Many of you are also taking to social media to voice your opinions on whether or not City Council got it right. And that brings us to the question of the night: Did City Council get it right by voting down non-discrimination protections for the LGBT community?

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