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              Houston Voters Reject Controversial Rights Ordinance

   by Greg Flakus

   Voters in Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States,
   soundly defeated an ordinance that sought to protect a wide range of
   people from discrimination, including gays, lesbians and transgender
   residents. The closely-watched referendum on the Houston Equal Rights
   Ordinance, known as HERO, was viewed as a battle over gay and
   transgender rights that pitted social conservatives against the city's
   openly lesbian mayor. VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston.
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