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Arkansas to appeal judge's backing of Fayetteville LGBT rights law
Source: Reuters
Arkansas to appeal judge's backing of Fayetteville LGBT rights law
By Steve Barnes
29 minutes ago
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - The Arkansas attorney general said on Wednesday her office will appeal a judge's decision that upheld a city of Fayetteville ordinance forbidding discrimination against members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, a Republican, said her office will ask the state's Supreme Court to strike down the decision because the ordinance runs counter to a state law barring localities from broadening their own non-discrimination measures beyond the state's measures.
The state does not bar discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
"I disagreed with the lower court's decision," Rutledge said in a statement. "Given my duty to fully defend state law, I am seeking to appeal the ruling to the Arkansas Supreme Court."
A circuit judge in Fayetteville, about 150 miles northwest of Little Rock, ruled in March the city's ordinance did not conflict with state law restricting protected status to only the criteria the state specified.
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By Steve Barnes
29 minutes ago
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - The Arkansas attorney general said on Wednesday her office will appeal a judge's decision that upheld a city of Fayetteville ordinance forbidding discrimination against members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, a Republican, said her office will ask the state's Supreme Court to strike down the decision because the ordinance runs counter to a state law barring localities from broadening their own non-discrimination measures beyond the state's measures.
The state does not bar discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
"I disagreed with the lower court's decision," Rutledge said in a statement. "Given my duty to fully defend state law, I am seeking to appeal the ruling to the Arkansas Supreme Court."
A circuit judge in Fayetteville, about 150 miles northwest of Little Rock, ruled in March the city's ordinance did not conflict with state law restricting protected status to only the criteria the state specified.
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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/arkansas-appeal-judges-backing-fayetteville-lgbt-rights-law-201903524.html
