Pennsylvania borough’s LGBTQ anti-discrimination ordinance may face repeal by new conservative majority

A borough in central Pennsylvania will likely repeal an anti-discrimination ordinance that protects LGBTQ citizens in jobs, housing and public accommodations like restaurants, according to a report. 

The Chambersburg Borough Council would be the first in the state to take such an action, according to PennLive. com.

“All of us that ran in this election to be on council, we think we got a mandate from the people,” new borough council President Allen Coffman said. “People we talked to when we were campaigning did not like this ordinance at all. I don’t know what the vote will be, but I have a pretty good idea.”

The council in Chambersburg, located about 55 miles southwest of Harrisburg, has a new conservative majority. 

“People we talked to when we were campaigning did not like this ordinance at all.”

— Allen Coffman, Chambersburg council president 

Coffman argued the ordinance – which would have installed a human-resources commission to deal with discrimination complaints – was redundant because the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission already handles those claims, according to the news outlet. 

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The vote to repeal the ordinance could happen Monday. 

“There are no penalties, no fines,” Coffman said. “There’s nothing that the ordinance can make someone do. The most they can hope for is that the committee request the two parties to sit down with a counselor or mediator and talk about it. Quite frankly there is nothing that compels them to. There’s no teeth in this.”

He voted against it last year and said he planned to vote for a repeal on Monday.

“My view of government is to simplify it and not make it more complicated,” he said. “If you have no guarantee that you can get a resolution at the local level, it’s obviously going…