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Behind the Aegis

(54,901 posts)
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 12:07 AM Jan 2022

Trumpers took over a small town & the first thing they're doing is repeal LGBTQ rights

A central Pennsylvania borough became a hotbed of conservative activism after the local council passed a nondiscrimination ordinance that included LGBTQ people. After a heated election, a group of Trumpers gained the majority of seats on the council.

And the first thing they want to do is to repeal the ordinance, specifically to remove the protections for LGBTQ people.

The Chambersburg Borough Council passed the ordinance four months ago. The current council plans to vote for repeal today.

“I don’t know of any reasons for repealing it other than a political move,” Alice Elia, a Democrat and the former Chambersburg borough council president, said. “This issue should not be politicized. It’s an issue of justice and having equal protection for everybody in our community. It shouldn’t be a political or a Democratic or Republican issue. This should be something we are all concerned about.”

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Trumpers took over a small town & the first thing they're doing is repeal LGBTQ rights (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jan 2022 OP
And so it goes. dchill Jan 2022 #1
hate Skittles Jan 2022 #2
This!👆 SheltieLover Jan 2022 #6
Why? OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #3
Drip...drip...drip.... Grins Jan 2022 #4
This issue* has been intentionally politicized since day one. NullTuples Jan 2022 #5
Typical hypocrisy lambchopp59 Jan 2022 #7
not politicesed .!?!?! have years of being harrassed , arressted , even to the point of being killed AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #8

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
5. This issue* has been intentionally politicized since day one.
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 02:01 AM
Jan 2022

*aka, people's equality, equity, liberty and sometimes our very lives

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
7. Typical hypocrisy
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 05:56 AM
Jan 2022

Gaining power under the overstated banner of "FREEDOM!"... then start right down their list of whose freedoms to restrict.

AllaN01Bear

(23,192 posts)
8. not politicesed .!?!?! have years of being harrassed , arressted , even to the point of being killed
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 10:07 AM
Jan 2022

not political? talk about brain dead . un feeling .


welcome to the 1950s folks . what they think of amerika is a myth. always has been a myth. but we had some ppl try to tell the truth.id move out of there @ warp 9 now.

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