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Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ People Is Legal Again In This PA Municipality Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ People Is Legal Again In This PA Municipality
Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ People Is Legal Again In This PA Municipality A Pennsylvania municipal council has repealed an anti-discrimination ordinance which was put in place to protect people from discrimination based on their sexual orientation, ethnicity or gender. After more than 100 people spoke at the meeting held simultaneously in-person and over zoom with over 200 people in attendance– the majority speaking against the change– the Chambersburg council members voted 7 to 3 to repeal the ordinance which had only been enacted in the fall of 2021. The previous council was majority Democratic party members and the recently sworn in one is majority Republica…