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368.2024 DEFEATED - Res Supporting NY Proposal 1 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF NEW YORK PROPOSAL 1, EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAW AMENDMENT In Memory of Harrison Freer RESOLUTION NO.: 368, 2024 DEFEATED INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Timothy McNulty WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Michael Dixon WHEREAS, New York Proposal 1, the Equal Protection of Law Amendment, is on the ballot this November in New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, and WHEREAS, as stated in the New York State Bar Association's Kimberly Wolf price article, titled, "What the Equal Rights Amendment Will Mean in New York": • The New York State Constitution contains enumerated protections prohibiting discrimination based only on race and religion. There are no such protections for gender or other classifications; • The timing of this Amendment could not be more critical because the State Constitution does not adequately ensure equality; WHEREAS, this November's ballot measure would amend the Equal Protection Clause of the New York Constitution to prohibit a person's rights from being denied based on the person's "ethnicity, national origin, age, [and] disability," as well as the person's "sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression,pregnancy,pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby urges its residents to support and approve the foregoing Amendment this November 5 h. Duly adopted this 7 h day of October, 2024,by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Strough NOES: Mr. Dixon, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Metivier ABSENT: None