In this news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, broadcast on November 2, 2001, reporter Mary Benton surveys the debate around City Proposition 2 ahead of an upcoming election. In 1998, Mayor Lee Brown issued an executive order amending the city’s nondiscrimination policy to include protections on the basis of sexual orientation. A court injunction delayed implementation until 2001, when the City Council voted 10-4 in favor of the order. Opposition forces successfully organized a referendum on the issue with Proposition 2, which proposed a charter amendment prohibiting the city from providing benefits for same-sex partners of city employees. Voters ultimately approved the referendum, overturning the nondiscrimination ordinance by a 52-to-48 margin.