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NE: State May Outlaw Local LGBT Protections

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Nebraska Gay RightsNebraska will debate a bill which would bar local municipalities from enacting laws protecting gay and transgendered people, the AP reported.

Introduction of state Senator Beau McCoy’s measure coincides with a proposal before the Omaha City Council which would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the areas of employment and service providers such as restaurants, hotels and bars. The proposal would exempt religious organizations.

McCoy’s measure will be heard Wednesday before the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee. Under the proposed legislation, cities and counties would be blocked from enacting anti-discrimination rules beyond those which the state has approved.

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NE: State Senator Wants to Eliminate All LGBT Rights Ordinances

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Nebraska Gay RightsA new debate is brewing at Omaha City Hall and in the State Capitol over who can qualify as a “protected class” under discrimination laws. City Councilman Ben Gray says he plans to place a measure to ban discrimination against homosexual and transgender people on the council’s agenda — as early as the end of the month or by late February.

But an Omaha state senator wants to bar cities and local governments from unilaterally creating such protected classes. Instead, the bill would grant such authority solely to the state.

The conflicting proposals are likely to reignite debate about more than a municipality’s rights. The conversation will center on sexual orientation, the rights of private enterprise, religion and civil rights.

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NE: Mormon Gay Bashing Goes Back Decades

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Nebraska and the Mormon ChurchProp 8 wasn’t the Mormons’ first time to the hate dance. They’ve been bankrolling anti-gay legislation for at least two decades. Here is one Mormon’s story about how they helped push DOMA in the state of Nebraska.

“I lived in Nebraska when a petition drive was held there to get DOMA on the ballot. At church we were not even asked if we wanted to gather signatures. We were handed packets (which I did not take) and several hours of our usual meetings were taken up with our bishop and stake president rallying the troops, so to speak – even sending people out on a Sunday gather signatures at the College World Series.”

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Nebraska: Teenager Determined to Bring Marriage Equality to State

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

Nebraska Gay MarriageOne year after filing the initiative petition to end the same-sex marriage prohibition in the state of Nebraska, Chris Dyer, 18, is more dedicated than ever in reaching the required 112,877 signatures to place the Constitutional amendment repeal onto the 2012 ballot.

…And the number of signatures required grows each day until the legal deadline for collection passes, because more Nebraskans register to vote every day.

“The idea — the true process for filing this petition — began back in ninth grade,” Chris said. “It was after I watched the movie Boys Don’t Cry that I knew I had to do this.”

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NE: Opposition to Marriage Equality Drops to 51%

Friday, August 19th, 2011

Nebraska Gay Marriage PollEleven years ago, a majority of Nebraskans roundly rejected the idea of gay marriage. Today, a slim majority of Nebraskans statewide still oppose gay nuptials, but a majority in Omaha say they support the legalization of gay marriage.

Overall, Nebraskans’ position on all things gay appears to be softening, as strong majorities told a polling firm this month that they would accept a gay grandson, embrace a lesbian friend and support allowing gay couples to adopt children.

The poll of 616 Nebraska adults was conducted by the Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research group. The survey was commissioned by the New York-based Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay rights group, and the Omaha-based group Citizens for Equal Protection.

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NE: Judge Won’t Let Lesbian Couple Divorce

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Nebraska Lesbian DivorceFurther complicating the patchwork of marriage laws that exists in the United States, a Nebraska judge has ruled that because same-sex marriage is illegal in Nebraska, same-sex divorces aren’t allowed either.

Otoe County district judge Randall Rehmeier ruled that a lesbian couple legally married in Vermont eight years ago cannot be granted a divorce by the state of Nebraska because that state does not recognize same-sex marriage.

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Omaha: City Council Says No to Gay Discrimination Protections

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

Disappointed members of Omaha’s gay and lesbian community exchanged hugs and wiped away tears Tuesday after the City Council voted down a proposal to give them new protections against discrimination. The council “shirked its responsibility to this city and this state,” said Omaha gay activist Scott Winkler. “They did a disservice to both.”

After nearly five hours of discussion, the ordinance failed on a 3-3 vote. Councilmen Ben Gray, Pete Festersen and Chris Jerram voted in favor; Jean Stothert, Garry Gernandt and Thomas Mulligan were opposed. Councilman Franklin Thompson, who has called for a public vote on the issue, abstained.

The meeting ended soon after the vote. Council members went into closed session and did not stick around the legislative chambers to comment on the vote. Gray, author of the ordinance, proposed that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people be a protected class under city code protection they don’t currently have under state or federal law.

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NE: Omaha Paper Denies Lesbian Wedding Announcement

Monday, August 30th, 2010

It’s a tradition that’s spanned generations. But for one Omaha family, that tradition came to an sudden halt last weekend. Jeff and Heidi Wilke wanted to submit their daughter’s engagement announcement to the Omaha World Herald – only to find out it’s not allowed – simply because their daughter is gay.

It all started with Kristy Wilke’s engagement photo. Living in Minneapolis, she wanted to share the news of her engagement with friends and family back in Omaha.

After submitting the announcement to the paper Kristy’s great, great, great, great grandfather founded in 1885, her father received disappointing news.

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NE: Rally in Nebraska Calls for Marriage Equality

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

A year after the Iowa Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriages to be legal in Iowa, a rally in Omaha called for Nebraska to follow suit. Gay and lesbian couples and supporters from Nebraska and Iowa marched to the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge and met in the middle with a message.

“As soon as you cross the line, you’re no longer married. You realize that? We’ve got to help Nebraska change that,” said rally attendee Susie Brenner.

She and her partner, Linda Beckstead, married after the Iowa ruling made it legal. The legal union is unrecognized in Nebraska.

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