In September 5th 2013 The Texas Tribune released
an article by Jody Serrano titled San Antonio Passes LGBT NondiscriminationOrdinance. This article explains how San Antonio had been eighth to pass an
ordinance against any discrimination towards gender identity or sexual
orientation unlike the cities of Austin, Dallas, Huston, and Forth Worth. The ordinance passed with an 8-3 vote. The ordinance
not only prevents discrimination among each other but it “also prevents
public officials from discriminating against LGBT people while acting in their office
and prohibits people who are awarded city contracts from discriminating”
against the LGBT community. This means
that restaurant owners can no longer throw people out who fall under the ordinance.
Many people alike Attorney General Greg Abbott think that the ordinance is
violating the first amendment right in both the U.S and Texas Constitution. Many
people like him who are out right conservatives think that it will destroy and
put in risk the faith and values of many homes. This ordinance is not only important to the
people who fall under it, but it should be important to everyone. This helps
the LGBT community not feel threatened or embarrassed to be whom they are and
it helps everyone be one community. It helps us all be part of a society or in
this case a city or town that has opened its self to a new era. An era in which
many young people don’t really give much thought about whom people like. They
including myself want fairness and equality for all.
