SALINA (AP) – Just like Hutchinson, Salina voters will also decide in November whether to repeal the city’s new ordinance barring discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

The City Commission in that city rejected a motion Monday to roll back the protections that took effect in June. The panel then voted unanimously to put the proposal to repeal the ordinance on the Nov. 6 ballot.

The commission approved the ordinance in May on a vote of 3-2. The local law bars discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people in housing, employment and public accommodations.

Efforts to roll back the ordinance were led by the Wichita-based Kansas Family Policy Council and a group called Awaken Salina. They collected hundreds of signatures on petitions to get the law repealed.

Hutchinson voters will also consider whether to keep protections for gay and lesbian individuals as far as employment and housing and possibly extending those protections.

The Hutchinson ordinance didn’t go as far for protections as Salina. And unlike Salina, the Hutchinson City Council did repeal the protections they put in place, and will allow voters to decide all or nothing when it comes to gay, lesbian or transgender individuals.