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Raleigh City Council in North Carolina passed an anti-discrimination ordinance - gay people included - on January 5th by a 7-1 vote, with only Mayor Avery Upchurch voting against the ordinance.
The resulting ordinance prohibits discrimination against gay people in city employment, in contracts with the city, and in obtaining city funding, housing and services. It also bars firms that do business with the city from discriminating in employment based on sexual orientation.
Raleigh is the hometown of Jesse Helms, regarded as the most anti-gay member of the U.S. Senate and the State of North Carolina still upholds sodomy laws on the Statute Books.
There was virtually no opposition to the new ordinance from city residents.