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10 ' <br /> Exhibit C <br /> AN ACT TO ADD THE STATUS OF HETEROSEXUALITY, HOMOSEXUALITY AND <br /> BISEXUALITY TO THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS AUTHORIZED TO BE PROTECTED <br /> BY AN ORANGE COUNTY CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE <br /> The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts : <br /> Section 1 . Section 14 of Chapter 358 of the 1993 Session <br /> Laws is amended as follows : <br /> Paragraph (a) of Section 6 of Chapter 246, Session Laws of <br /> 1991, reads as rewritten: <br /> " (a) The Board of Commissioners of Orange County (hereafter <br /> "Board of Commissioners" ) may adopt an ordinance (hereafter "the <br /> Ordinance" ) to prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, <br /> and public accommodations on the basis of race, color, religion, <br /> gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, <br /> familial status,_ a d veteran status, heterosexuality, <br /> homosexuality and bisexuality. <br /> The Board of Commissioners may include in the Ordinance a <br /> prohibition of language or conduct or both directed at an <br /> individual or at a group of individuals because of that <br /> individual ' s or group of individuals ' actual or perceived race, <br /> color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, <br /> marital status, familial status,_ and veteran status,_ <br /> heterosexuality, homosexuality and bisexuality which communicates <br /> in a threatening manner words that insight imminent lawless <br /> action or which tend to insight an immediate breach of the <br /> peace. " <br /> Sec. 2 . This act applies only to Orange County. <br /> Sec . 3 . This act is effective upon ratification. <br /> lsg-8 <br /> hetsex.exC <br />