Bill Evans, who in his day job represents employers, introduced an ordinance last summer that wasn't about promoting non-discrimination policies so much as it was about defanging the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission. 

That's more or less like defanging an elderly shih tzu, but the AERC is the only agency here in town that enforces discrimination law against almost everyone.  ASCHR is a complete farce, and doesn't have universal jurisdiction. There is no EEOC office here.  Evans' proposal was a gift to his clients, and also failed to protect anyone from discrimination.  

Minnery can propose what he likes.  Whatever bigoted piece of nonsense he manages to hoodwink the other bigots in this town will be struck down.  Kind of like Article I, Section 25 of the Alaska Constitution.  Remember that?  

Meanwhile, most residents of Anchorage are happy to live in this century, and go about their lives not hating other people for being different.  Strangely, the world hasn't fallen apart.

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