Date:         Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:08:23 -0500

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    Yesterday, voters in West Palm Beach, FL, (WPB) voted 56 percent to 44
    percent against repealing a gay rights ordiance.  Today's Palm
    Beach Post said, "In a strong rebuke of the religious right's
    emotional appeals, voters soundly defeated a measure to remove
    gay-rights protections from city law."  The ordiance protects
    gays from discrimination in housing, employment, and public
    accommodations.

    WPB Mayor Nancy Graham, who worked with gay-rights groups, Jewish
    leaders, and others to oppose the Christian Coalition's challenge,
    said, "This is not Sodom and Gomorrah.  This is a city that cares
    about all people who live here, and we don't want this divisiveness
    here anymore."

    Allen Ward
    Florida Atlantic University