Penn Live reports:
Chambersburg today became the first municipal authority in the commonwealth to repeal protections for residents against discrimination based on their sexual orientation, ethnicity or gender identity.
By a 7-3 Republican-majority vote, the Chambersburg Borough Council made good on its pledge, repealing the ordinance citing a host of reasons, including redundancy in the ordinance and lack of muscle in its provisions.
The ordinance, enacted just four months ago in October by a then Democratic majority, extended protections against discrimination toward gay, transgender or genderqueer people in employment, housing and public accommodations.
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