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A gay man was the only applicant for a town council seat. He lost anyway — because of his sexuality (www.advocate.com)
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An Ohio man was denied a position on his village's council despite being the only applicant, and the council president's reasoning was pretty blatant.

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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 95 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Time to lawyer up and beat that city council down for blatant discrimination on the basis of protective class.