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Human Rights Ordinances Stand After Lawsuit Expires

Student organizer Brooklynn Thorpe uses a megaphone to amplify music as fellow students lead school chants and cheers outside of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis during a protest Thursday, June 27, 2019.
Student organizer Brooklynn Thorpe uses a megaphone to amplify music as fellow students lead school chants and cheers outside of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis during a protest Thursday, June 27, 2019.

Human rights ordinances in Bloomington, Carmel, Columbus, Indianapolis, and the State of Indiana will stand.

The Indiana Family Institute and other organizations filed suit five years ago that claimed the ordinances Which include protections based on gender identity and sexual orientation violated their religious liberties and free speech rights.

A Hamilton County judge ruled in favor of Bloomington and state in 2019. And an appeals court upheld that decision last month. The organizations had 45 days to file a petition. The deadline expired Monday leaving the city and state ordinances in effect.

Anchor "Indiana Newsdesk," "Ask The Mayor" - WTIU/WFIU News. Formerly host of "The Weekly Special." Hebron, Ind. native, IU Alumnus. Follow him on Twitter @Joe_Hren