discrimination ordinance, got put up for referendum and lost. same thing happened last month in springfield missouri. passed a nondiscrimination bill but then the bill was struck down in a voter referendum. the college town of starkville mississippi, got themselves a big profile in the new york times because of their progressive policies in deepest, mississippi. but then the same officials who voted in those nondiscrimination policies then voted to take them away. and then we have the little town of eureka springs, arkansas where they passed their civil rights ordinance city council level, but that ordinance is up for repeal. decision time in eureka springs. it s a voter referendum. the residents of eureka springs voting tomorrow on whether or not they want to keep their new equality ordinance or whether they want to erase it from the books. the side trying to throw the thing out says the vote is quote, basically a crapshoot. could go either way. the side trying to keep the nondiscri
discrimination laws. the state legislature banned arkansas cities and towns from making that decision on their own. because the eureka springs council could see that bill working its way toward their relatively gay-friendly tourist town in arkansas, they preemptively passed a anti discrimination ordinance for eureka springs. all present voted aye. it was unanimous. they were not the first town to try this in a red state or even within arkansas. last summer, the city council and the college town of fayetteville also passed a civil rights ordinance for their town. but then the fayetteville civil rights organization got put up for repeal. the graffiti is a little hard to read but it s a three-letter word that starts with an f and ends with a g. fayetteville, arkansas, lost its discrimination ordinance, got put up for referendum and lost. same thing happened last month in springfield, missouri. passed a nondiscrimination bill but then the bill was struck
nondiscrimination bill but then the bill was struck down in a voter referendum. the college town of starkville, mississippi, got themselves a big profile in the new york times because of their progressive policies in deepest, mississippi. but then the same starkeville officials who voted in those nondiscrimination policies then voted to take them away. and then we have the little town of eureka springs, arkansas, where they passed their civil rights ordinance, city council level, but that ordinance is up for repeal. decision time in eureka springs. it s a voter referendum. the residents of eureka springs will be voting tomorrow on whether or not think want to keep their new equality ordinance or whether they want to erase it from the books. the side trying to throw the thing out says the vote is, quote, basically a crapshoot. could go either way. the side trying to keep the nondiscrimination ordinance sees it as the right thing to do. the counselor who introduced it in the first plac
things right now in washington. john boehner again this week insisted that he would also not allow a vote on immigration reform. and just like the nondiscrimination bill, immigration reform is super, super, super popular. it passed the senate with 14 republican senators crossing the aisle to vote with the democrats on it. it beat the filibuster handily. 68 votes. that shows you how noncontroversial and middle of the road that bill was. they had to make it that noncontroversial and middle of the road so it could pass with a 2 to 1 margin. overall, huge majorities of americans support immigration reform. 87% support reforming immigration and allowing a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are here illegally. democrats, independents, and republicans are virtually identical in their huge look at that, overwhelming support for that big reform. there was just new polling specifically in republican swing districts. this was a new poll across 20 districts where republicans are
60% of republican voters support this. a big, bright, clear majority of republican voters wants our country to have a law like this. but republicans in congress won t let it happen. and it turns out that that exact dynamic holds on a bunch of thing sas right now in washingt. john boehner again this week insists he would also not allow a vote on immigration reform. just like the nondiscrimination bill, immigration reform is super,sumer, super popular. it passed the senate with 14 republican senators crossing the aisle to vote with the democrats on it. it beat the filibuster handily. 68 votes. that shows you how noncontroversial and middle of the road that bill was. they had to make it that noncontroversial and middle of the road so it could pass with a 2 to 1 margin. overall, huge majorities of americans support immigration reform. 87% support reforming immigration and allowing a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are here