Special Rights Based on Sexual Conduct
IS BAD FOR EVERYONE
 
THE ORDINANCE IS ITSELF DISCRIMATORY:
1. It promotes Discrimination against the majority. See the multiple examples (Victims of Discrimination) Catholic Charities in Boston, Boy Scouts in Philadelphia and Ann Arbor, Salvation Army in Chicago, and on and on.

2. Abridges constitutional rights of the majority of the people.
3. Restricts free exercise of sincerely held religious beliefs.

4. Will force schools to employ gender-confused individuals as teachers and role models.
5. It could force businesses, schools, and the city to employ those of the whole range of ‘orientation.’ Why are only four of 30 orientations protected discriminating against the others?

6. Could force Kalamazoo business owners to hire or retain cross-dressers.
7. Could force parochial schools to hire cross-dressers as teachers, against their sincerely held religious beliefs.

8. Religious exemption in the ordinance is way too narrow.
9. It violates appropriateness standards and denies businesses the right to determine their own policies.

10. It grants special protection to a small group at the expense of the majority .
11. Laws should not legislate acceptance, approval, or endorsement of homosexual conduct.

12. Sexual orientation ordinances are used to discriminate against individuals and organizations who do not support homosexual activists’ political agenda. They have exactly the opposite effect of their supposed intent by promoting Discrimination.
13. Interferes with parental rights, as in the cases of the transgendered janitor and teacher.

IT VIOLATES CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH AND RELIGION:

14. Will muzzle everyone’s constitutional right to free speech.
15. Could muzzle the Commissioners and the city attorney if they try to enforce, speak upon, or create a law regarding any of the excluded ‘orientations.’  Under this ordinance, no one could say anything negative about any sexual orientation.

16. Exercise of free speech will be abridged by this ordinance.


IT VIOLATES THE PRIVACY RIGHTS AND SAFETY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN:
17. It could force businesses to make all public accommodations “gender neutral.”

18. It threatens the privacy rights of women and children.  The reality of gender-delusional men having the legal right to use women's restrooms, showers, and changing rooms is is guaranteed under this ordinance. 
19. Kalamazoo spends approximately $32 million dollars on the cost of public safety. By enacting this amendment, the Commissioners will effectively be saying that gender doesn’t matter and they will be removing legal gender descriptions, thereby making it very difficult for law enforcement officers to track criminals.

20. If sexual orientation should be protected, why does Blanche Hull Park have 100%, 24/7 police protection because of known homosexuals and voyeurs?
21. A sexual predator could not be denied a job, housing, or public accommodations in Kalamazoo; he would therefore be more protected than city residents .

   
22. According to the Triangle Foundation, the most recent figures indicate that there were zero cases of discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public accommodations in the entire state of Michigan.

23. No law will stop the hurt that this lifestyle propagates: AIDS, depression, suicide, and rejection by family and friends. What would help is to recognize that sexual conduct is not a topic for public discourse.
24. It is a stepping stone in the progression to redefine “marriage.”

25. It will not guarantee jobs and housing for homosexuals, but could result in “private” hiring and renting.
26. Sexual conduct should not be the basis for a legally protected class.

27. African-Americans and Latinos have never changed their ethnicity, but many homosexuals have become monogamous heterosexuals demonstrating that this conduct is not an immutable characteristic.
28. Disclosureof sexual conduct is optional; consequences of disclosure are a personal responsibility.

29. If, as has been claimed by proponents, 50 people or less will be affected by this ordinance, why are the City Commissioners willing to put the majority of residents and all businesses at risk?
30. There is a reason for the bedroom door. Sexual conduct is a private matter.

31. The issue is not about discrimination. If it were about discrimination nobody would be discussing it.
32. It is about making all sexual conduct legally equal and redefining marriage. The majority has voted repeatedly, in state after state, including Michigan, to protect one-man, one-woman marriage.

33. Gender Identity is a progressive tool for social change, with the goal of recreating society.


IT IS LEGALLY AMBIGUOUS:
34. Undefined, ambiguous terminology should not be used when writing the language of a law, ordinance or other public policy.

35. Ambiguous terms fail to provide fair notice to citizens of what is legally required.
36. Laws must not be based on “intent” or government will assume the role of “thought police.”

37. It will force courts to decide its meaning and intent thus forcing a judicial body into the unconstitutional role of legislating.
38. It could result in endless litigation.

39. North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) slogan is “Sex before eight or it’s too late,” another protected “orientation”? 
40. It will allow individuals to redefine their perceived gender “at will.”

41. Could lead to legalization of polygamy, incest, and bestiality.
42. Citizens have a legal right to “advance notice,” which requires that laws must be clear and understandable; this ordinance creates the possibility of citizens being wrongfully prosecuted after the fact by courts who later determine the meaning of the law.

43. City will be forced, after the fact , to decide which protected class will be denied defense. 


WILL HAVE DEVASTATING FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES:
44. City could be open to litigation based on use of the city’s Kik Pool Family Aquatic Center.

45. Could result in Salvation Army and Gospel Mission, among others, losing funding. The city is not able to support their operations.
46. Use of city’s bathroom facilities will potentially be the target of lawsuits.

47. City will bear the brunt of a backlash of unintended consequences.
48. City taxpayers incur the expense of litigation, court proceedings, and other associated costs. 

49. City businesses will suffer as both city residents and those of neighboring communities choose to do business in communities where they will not be faced with gender-confused employees, and gender-neutral public accommodations.
50. City Commissioners will be responsible for adding to the economic difficulties of business owners.

51. There will be up to 6,000 businesses that must revise their policies and public accommodations.
52. City Commissioners will be responsible for binding the hands of law enforcement officials who will face litigation for hate speech if they use descriptive terminology in referring to those who are being legally defined as offenders.
 
 
Kalamazoo Citizens Voting NO to Special Rights Discrimination
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