MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Martinsburg City Council members are considering adding sexual orientation to the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance.
Media outlets report that the council voted unanimously Wednesday night to authorize the city attorney to draft an ordinance granting job and other protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Fairness West Virginia had requested the added protections.
Wednesday’s meeting drew an overflow crowd to the J. Oakley Seibert Council Chambers in City Hall, which has a public seating capacity of about 80 people. More than 40 people addressed the council before the vote. Twenty-one speakers supported the proposal, 21 opposed it and one was neutral.
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