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Tom Eblen: Berea should do right thing, enact fairness ordinance Print E-mail
Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 10:12 am

Reprinted from the Herald Leader.

The nation has begun commemorating a series of 50th anniversary milestones from the civil rights movement.
Looking back, it is hard to imagine an America where citizens could be denied a job, a home or service in a restaurant or hotel because of their race, sex, ethnicity, religion or disability. But that was acceptable until anti-discrimination laws were passed in the mid-1960s.


Those laws didn't just happen. People were beaten, jailed and even killed while fighting for them — and it wasn't just the people who suffered discrimination. Things didn't change until enough other people found the courage to speak out.

I offer this history lesson because Kentucky's civil rights law remains incomplete. In most of this state, citizens can still be denied a job, a rental home or service in public accommodations based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Read the full Herald Leader column here .

 
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