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Iowa City Human Rights Commission votes to cosign statewide Human Rights Day op-ed after discussion, one abstention
Summary
The Iowa City Human Rights Commission voted to cosign a draft op-ed for Human Rights Day, with five yes votes and one abstention after a commissioner said theological concerns led them to abstain while still supporting human rights protections.
The Iowa City Human Rights Commission voted to approve cosigning a draft op-ed for Human Rights Day, recording five votes in favor and one abstention.
The vote, approved as a motion to have the commission sign as a body, followed discussion about whether individual commissioners could choose to sign separately and whether the commission should specify the exact draft text being endorsed. Commissioner (speaker 7) made the motion and Commissioner (speaker 8) seconded it; the chair called the vote and confirmed the tally as five yes, one abstention.
Why it matters: the op-ed, drafted by Bethany Snyder (chair of…
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