Whitefish Council Adopts Resolution Supporting Diversity, Tolerance
City unanimously passes good faith resolution following outcry over local white nationalist
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The Whitefish City Council on Monday unanimously passed a resolution supporting diversity and tolerance in the community, taking a stance on an issue that has roiled local residents in recent weeks but stopping short of enacting anti-discrimination legislation aimed at so-called “hate organizations.”
The council passed the good faith resolution after city staff determined an anti-hate or nondiscrimination ordinance protecting the community from such groups would not survive the scrutiny of the constitutional right to free speech under the First Amendment.
With the council chambers packed for the second consecutive meeting on the issue in two weeks, residents again turned out in high numbers, urging the council to adopt the resolution and praising council members for their swift and thoughtful action. ...