I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.

I am contacting you today to kindly request you vote AGAINST any proposed non-discrimination ordinances pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. I respect my neighbors and encourage our community to reacquaint each other with the forgotten values of civility and respect toward one another. Every American should be free to live according to his beliefs without fear of government censorship or punishment. Surely you will accord my opinion the respect it deserves and not merely dismiss it as discrimination or hate. Across our nation sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) laws have been found to undermine both fairness and freedom, and I urge you not to adopt a SOGI ordinance here in our city. Here are the harms from SOGI ordinances: • These laws threaten women’s privacy. SOGI laws force sex-specific facilities to open their doors to both sexes. A women’s shelter for survivors of domestic violence opened by a Massachusetts pastor was forced to take legal action to stop men, who identify as women, from gaining access to changing rooms and living facilities of the vulnerable women he was seeking to help. The City of Anchorage Alaska settled a SOGI lawsuit for $100,000 after attempting to force a women’s shelter to allow men to sleep three feet away from women who were human trafficking victims. • These laws undermine constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion. In Illinois, SOGI laws caused a Catholic foster-care provider to halt foster care services because the law restricted their mission of placing children in homes with both a mother and a father. In Des Moines, Iowa, the church won their legal action after SOGI laws considered their church to be public accommodations and forced the church to rent their facilities for purposes contrary to their faith. • These laws harm small businesses. Business owners that serve all people face SOGI fines and restrictions just because they decline to communicate a message or participate in an event that violates their conscience. Your vote against SOGI will prevent business owners from filing legal actions against the municipality because you are forcing them to choose between their livelihood and operating consistent with their beliefs. The City of Lexington, KY lost a SOGI lawsuit after attempting to force a tee-shirt company to screen-print messages contrary to the owner’s beliefs. In a nation of 300 million people there has yet to be a case where someone simply refused service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. • These laws do not solve a widespread problem. These laws are solutions in search of a problem. Public record requests in 12 states revealed an overwhelming majority —99.98%—of the allegations of discrimination under SOGI laws lack merit. ▶ New Jersey - 188 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Wisconsin - 413 complaints- 1% valid ▶ Washington - 282 complaints - 0% valid ▶ Phoenix, Arizona - after city and state leaders were led to believe wide-spread discrimination existed, the city passed a SOGI law. The first two years only 4 complaints were filed and all were dismissed without merit. • These laws are not required for economic growth. Again in 2021, Forbes ranked North Carolina “Best in the Nation” for the 3rd straight year by evaluating 40 different criteria. Residents and corporations from other states are relocating to North Carolina cities because of the labor supply, regulatory and tax structure of the state, and quality of life. SOGI laws are unnecessary for economic growth; in fact, they hinder business growth among small businesses. SOGI ordinances are often put forth under the guise of “tolerance,” but they actually open the door to expensive legal challenges, government-mandated intolerance, and coercion that stifles personal speech, religious liberty, and business. Our municipality should not coerce and punish us as citizens because we hold a different view about sex and gender. I personally signed this letter from the North Carolina Values Coalition to ask you to vote AGAINST any SOGI ordinances and instead focus on ways to respect our differences, establish open dialogues and build a stronger, diverse community.