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Tampa voters also chose to overturn existing statutes which outlaw discrimination against gay and lesbian people in employment, housing, public accommodations and real estate transactions...
This being the case, it is to be hoped that the Court will overturn the lower courts' decisions and declare the ordinance unconstitutional. Such a decision would set a valuable precedent by affirming that the religious freedom of even non-mainstream groups was still protected, a principle which the Court has recently been reluctant to affirm. There are several compelling reasons why the ordinance should be considered unconstitutional...
...coal. But many Britons, already knee-deep in the cold, hard realities of recession, were not prepared to see the remaining workers of a once proud industry further savaged in such an uncaring manner. Major even came under attack from renegade Tories who threatened to vote with Labour to overturn the decision -- and put the government's survival in jeopardy. After six days of unrelenting derision, Major made a humiliating retreat, suspending the closure orders on 21 mines and ordering a thorough review of the entire program...
...relief, the family-leave bill died on Wednesday when the House failed to override Bush's veto of the legislation, which the White House opposed as antibusiness. On Friday the House left Bush's abortion "gag rule" in place, again failing to muster the necessary two-thirds vote to overturn the legislation, which bars abortion counseling by nonphysician workers in federally funded family-planning clinics. The vote came the day after the Administration's curb on such funding took effect. Bush's Saturday veto of a bill reregulating cable TV just might be overridden; it was first passed...
There is another possible way to overturn the military's ban on gays: Vote for Bill Clinton. He could solve this whole issue with one executive order. Then we could start the work of getting the people who were unfairly discharged back to their posts...