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Episcopal Bishop of Alaska endorses Prop 5, Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative

Thursday, 1 March 2012 – 1:33 PM | One Comment
Episcopal Bishop of Alaska endorses Prop 5, Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative

The Right Rev. Mark Lattime, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska, is endorsing Proposition 5, the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative, which will appear on the April 3 Anchorage municipal ballot.

It’s official: Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative certified for April 2012 ballot

Thursday, 15 December 2011 – 10:05 AM | Comments Off on It’s official: Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative certified for April 2012 ballot
It’s official: Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative certified for April 2012 ballot

It’s official: the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative will appear on ballot for the April 3, 2012 Anchorage municipal election. One Anchorage, the group spearheading the initiative, received an email yesterday addressed to One Anchorage campaign chairs Arliss Sturgulewski and Gov. Tony Knowles.

Christians for Equality speak out for Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative

Thursday, 8 December 2011 – 12:14 PM | One Comment
Christians for Equality speak out for Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative

Christians for Equality, a new group representing a number of religious and faith-based organizations in the Anchorage area, has formed in support of the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative.

One Anchorage campaign to begin gathering signatures

Thursday, 15 September 2011 – 1:10 PM | Comments Off on One Anchorage campaign to begin gathering signatures
One Anchorage campaign to begin gathering signatures

About 50 people gathered last night in Waldron Hall at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Anchorage to learn about One Anchorage, the campaign by Equality Works to add sexual orientation and transgender identity to the Anchorage equal rights code through a ballot initiative. The initiative, if successful, will provide the same legal protections against discrimination already provided in Anchorage on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age, physical disability, and mental disability. The One Anchorage campaign was announced on September 1.