The city of Missoula adopted an anti-discrimination statute covering both sexual orientation and gender identity in 2010.

Amendment 2, which passed in November, will also rescind local anti-discrimination statutes in Aspen, Boulder and Denver.

A. I don't think that affirmative action and vigorous enforcement of anti-discrimination statutes are going to be enough to significantly change the situation.

Mr. Lynn, a lawyer who worked to establish the anti-discrimination statute, says evicting the military will accomplish nothing.

The agency had never sought an exemption from the state's anti-discrimination statute, which had taken effect in 1989.

It should be noted that the anti-discrimination statutes also apply to termination of partnerships by this means.

This success sparked additional efforts to repeal legislation that added sexual orientation or preference as a protected group to anti-discrimination statutes and codes.

Brazil has a comprehensive anti-discrimination statute, passed more than a decade ago.

The court noted that other anti-discrimination statutes were held to be applicable to religious organizations, with the exception of statutes that prohibited discrimination based on religious belief.