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

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The heated debate over adding members of Charlotte’s LGBT community to the city’s list of protected groups continues. Β 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. Β It also would have prohibited discrimination based on someone’s marital and familial status. Β 

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. Β 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. Β 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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