Uppity Wisconsin

Madison approves anti-anti-gay statements in oath of office.

Wed, 01/17/2007 - 1:49pm | Steve Hanson

(Madison, Wisconsin) Madison, Wisconsin city council Tuesday night approved a measure allowing city officials to include a statement supporting same-sex marriage in their oaths of office.

The 14 - 4 vote made the city the first in the nation to have an LGBT supportive statement in oaths.

Now - this is a voluntary statement that officials can make in their oath of office. Nobody's twisting anyone's arm there. But already it's being called "outrageous" by the folks who supported the state marriage amendment. Gee, some of us actually thought that making a blanket discrimination against several groups of people in the state was outrageous. Guess I wasn't thinking.

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Tags: Civil Rights, Gay Marriage

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