Starkville became the first city in Mississippi to pass a resolution supporting the LGBT community, a move approved during its Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday night.
The resolution states that the city does not condone discrimination of any kind, including any against its citizens for their sexual orientation or gender identity.
There was no discussion about the item labeled on the board’s consent agenda as “consideration of a resolution supporting equality.”
Instead of loud opposition or dissent, history was made in Mississippi with a simple vote of “yea.”
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“We felt that it’s important to make it clear in a written document adopted by the Board of Aldermen that absolutely no discrimination is tolerated by the city of Starkville,” Wiseman said Wednesday in a phone interview with The Clarion-Ledger.
Starkville resolution backs gay equality | The Clarion-Ledger | clarionledger.com
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