City Passes Resolutions Affirming One Minneapolis

The City Council and Mayor Betsy Hodges have passed three resolutions affirming the tenets of One Minneapolis. The first was a resolution condemning violence and hate speech, and expressing solidarity with Muslims and all those targeted for their ethnicity, race or religion. The resolution recognizes that the United States was founded by immigrants, many fleeing religious persecution, who enshrined freedom of religion as one of the nation’s fundamental legal and ethical principles.

The second resolution declared November to be Transgender Awareness Month. The vote by council members came two days before the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors the memory of those murdered because of anti-transgender prejudice.

The third was a resolution standing with all members of the one Minneapolis, rejecting the politics of division, bigotry, hate and fear. The resolution commits the City to fighting for the rights, freedoms and interests of all of the members of the Minneapolis community, no matter skin color, gender, the way of worship, birthplace, sexual orientation, or any other identity.