Catholic Online: What is happening in San Antonio, Texas is next. Christians are about to be excluded from holding office ar contracting with the City. There is an effort underway to amend the sections of the City Code related to public accommodations, fair housing, city employment, city contracts and appointments to city boards and commissions.
The proposed language in the revision to the City code adds sexual orientation, and gender identity as a suspect classification: “No person shall be appointed to a position if the city council finds that such person has, prior to such proposed appointment, engaged in discrimination or demonstrated a bias, by word or deed, against any person, group or organization on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, age or disability.”
The revision also adds this clause: “No appointed official or member of a board or commission shall engage in discrimination or demonstrate a bias, by word or deed, against any person, group of persons, or organization on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, age or disability, while serving in such public position.” Read more here.
