Its proposed removal—by a process which has excluded the full input of citizens and civil society—would send a damaging message that your community is regressing from the promise of equality and its commitment to non-discrimination.
In response, MiyakonojoCity in 2003 passed a human rights ordinance that affirmed the equality of people regardless of sexual orientation as well as gender.
However, MiyakonojoCity was consolidated with three other towns in January 2006, and officials agreed that ordinances enacted before this would undergo review.