Cincinnati to Decide Fate of Anti-Gay Rights Ordinance

By: Scott Ross
10-22-2004   

CHATSWORTH, Calif. - An eleven-year battle over gay rights in
Cincinnati will come to a head on November 2, when voters will
decide the fate of Issue 3, a ballot measure calling for the repeal
of an ordinance passed in 1993 that prohibits the city council from
creating a gay rights ordinance.

Cincinnati is only city in the United States with an ordinance that
prohibits the city from granting rights to gays, lesbians or
bisexuals. The pertinent ordinance is known as Article XII.

According to the Cincinnati Post, the group spearheading the effort
to overturn Article XII, Citizens to Restore Fairness, has raised 
$556,244 to advocate the passing of Issue 3 - including a $10,000
donation from a church.

Equal Rights Not Special Rights, the group attempting to retain the
relevant ordinance, has raised only $145,081, almost all of which
comes from anti-porn activists Citizens for Community Values.

Supporters of the measure to repeal Article XII include the mayor,
the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, the local media and a few
prominent local church leaders.
 
    
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