Midway has become the eighth city in Kentucky to pass a fairness ordinance. The measure passed council by a vote of four to two on Monday.
It prohibits discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Midway is the second smallest city in the state to pass an anti-bias ordinance. Lexington, Louisville, Covington, Danville, Frankfort, Morehead and Vicco already have similar laws on the books.
Kentucky’s Fairness Coalition has been trying to pass similar fairness laws for more than 15-years that would cover the entire Commonwealth. In 2014, Kentucky's Statewide Fairness Law received its first hearing in the House Judiciary Committee, which promised “future discourse on the matter.”
And support continues to grow. The last statewide poll on the issue was conducted in 2011 and showed that 83% of registered voters in Kentucky support LGBT Fairness protections and 77% of those polled were registered Republicans.
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