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Former Commissioners Question Dominance of One Church On City's Human Rights Commission

By Howard M. Friedman

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In Sioux City, Iowa, two former members of the city's Human Rights Commission told City Council on Monday that they are concerned about the lack of diversity in membership on the Commission.  Yesterday's Sioux City Journal reports that of the eleven current members of the Commission, 5 are members of Cornerstone World Outreach Church, and one is a former member. The issue arose in connection with Council's approval of the appointment of a new member of the Commission to replace an individual who had resigned. A column in yesterday's Sioux City Journal speculates that World Outreach Church is possibly attempting to "pack" the Commission in order to further its views in sexual orientation discrimination cases that come before the Commission.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).

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