Howard County, MD, Appoints Gay to Human Rights Commission 1992

REPRINTED By REV. LED DOWELL ON JULY 1, 2015
 (c) 1992 by Rev. LED Dowell.  

 

 

Testimony Before The Howard County Council

July 20, 1992

 

Resolution No. 166

Confirming The Appointment of Jan Nyquist

To The Human RIghts Commission

 

Presented by Rev. Lainie Dowell (July 20, 1992)

(Address and Phone No. omitted here)

 

Text of  My Written / Verbal Presentation

 

I am here tonight as a public citizen. I want to first of all let you  know that when I first came into this arena tonight I, also, labored over the question of "for" or "against" this confirmation - the only two choices on your sign up sheet. Compassion led me to check "for" but I also added the words, "with conditions," which meant that I was halted between two opinions. On reflection, in order to alleviate any ambiguity as to where I stand, I must change my position to "against" confirmation.

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