Lincoln, Nebraska, Ordinance: Traditional Views Banished

Last week, the city council of Lincoln, Neb., passed an ordinance that overhauled its municipal code related to discrimination and the definition of “sex.” The council redefined the term to include “sexual orientation and gender identity.” And in doing so, it has potentially empowered LGBT activists to go after businesses, nonprofits, and citizens with civil penalties and life-ruining fines.

The city council termed the new law a “fairness ordinance.” It claimed this ordinance would help protect the LGBT community from discrimination. Yet in passing the ordinance, it produced no proof of any discrimination in the city. The new ordinance would, however, make targets out of conservatives and Christians for dissenting from the ever-expanding agenda of radical LGBT activists.

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Nate Grasz

Nate Grasz is a fifth-generation Nebraskan and the policy director for the Nebraska Family Alliance.

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Last week, the city council of Lincoln, Neb., passed an ordinance that overhauled its municipal code related to discrimination and the definition of “sex.” The council redefined the term to include “sexual orientation and gender identity.” And in doing so, it has potentially empowered LGBT activists to go after businesses, nonprofits, and citizens with civil penalties and life-ruining fines.

The city council termed the new law a “fairness ordinance.” It claimed this ordinance would help protect the LGBT community from discrimination. Yet in passing the ordinance, it produced no proof of any discrimination in the city. The new ordinance would, however, make targets out of conservatives and Christians for dissenting from the ever-expanding agenda of radical LGBT activists.