On Tuesday the Memphis City Council overwhelmingly passed a new ordinance that prohibits discrimination of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered city employees.

Councilman Lee Harris, who sponsored the ordinance, and Councilwoman Janis Fullilove, ho has been championing this cause for years, stopped by FOX13 News studios to discuss the new veto-proof ordinance.

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