<div dir="ltr"><div>Mormons, along with many other Christian sects believe that you should love everyone [That are just like themselves, but different ... not (nearly) so much.]<br><br></div>w.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div>On the "good news" side of this article (Listen up, Judd Wilson) . . .</div><div><br></div><div>There exists a community, right here in Idaho, that will welcome (with open arms) the anti-gay culture (for lack of a more appropriate term).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Let me know if you need bus fare, ok?<br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div>
<div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br>
</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span>- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Apr 19, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Ron Force <<a href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rforce2003@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div style="margin-bottom:15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">An ordinance to ban discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people failed in the city council of Pocatello, Idaho Thursday. The close vote was a setback for gay rights advocates, as Jessica Robinson reports.</div>
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</div></div></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="margin-bottom:15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad cast the deciding “no” vote, making it four against, three in favor. The ordinance would have made it a misdemeanor to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Those voting no said they didn't reach their decision easily.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Billie Johnson was among the crowd of people that packed into council chambers to watch the vote. She says the decision is disheartening to her and others in the gay community.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Johnson: “I'm not clear whether
it's Pocatello that isn't ready or Pocatello's leadership that isn't ready.”</div><div style="margin-bottom:15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The anti-discrimination measure was a tough sell in this heavily Mormon section of Idaho.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The city ordinance also attracted opposition from a Washington, D.C. religious liberty law firm called The Becket Fund. An attorney with the group wrote the law could be a “liability” for Pocatello.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The city’s mayor has asked for a new anti-discrimination ordinance to be written that is less controversial.</div><div style="margin-bottom:15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">
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