LGBTQ Action Alert – Stop Legislation that undermines local ordinances

Unity Michigan has sent out an action alert encouraging people to get their local communities to pass resolutions against Michigan House Bill 5039, legislation to Amend the Elliot-Larsen civil rights acts, which would essentially eliminate any ordinances that local communities have passed that includes gender identity or sexual orientation in anti-discrimination ordinances.

Grand Rapids passed such an ordinance in 1994 after years of organizing by local LGBT activists.

What Unity Michigan is asking people to do is to get local communities like Grand Rapids to have their city commission adopt a resolution against HB 5039 as an organizing tool to stop the anti-LGBT efforts at the state level from coming to fruition.

The Unity Michigan Action Alert reads as follows:

“City councils across Michigan have already taken a stand against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Many have already passed resolutions denouncing House Bill 5039 (McMillin), which would legalize discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender residents and nullify local anti-discrimination laws.

Tell your city council to pass a resolution opposing House Bill 5039 (McMillin) and urging the state legislature to vote against the bill. Sign this petition and ask the Grand Rapids city council to oppose HB 5039!”

To sign or see the full petition language, click here.