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border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px;"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden " style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="field-items" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 22px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><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><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border:
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padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></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;">Copyright 2013 Northwest Public Radio</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>