Photos: Anchorage Assembly hears second day of testimony on LGBT rights ordinance

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Donna Hazen testifies against the proposed LGBT rights ordinance at the Anchorage Assembly meeting on Wednesday, September 16, 2015.

The chairman of the Anchorage Assembly says no action will be taken on a proposed ordinance to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity for at least two more weeks.

At the start of an extended public hearing Wednesday on the ordinance, Chair Dick Traini said the Assembly will finish testimony and move forward a version of the law for debate. But he said the vote won't happen until the Assembly's Sept. 29 meeting, so all 11 members of the Assembly can be present.

"When the full body is back ... we'll debate the item, amend if applicable, and potentially vote on it," Traini said.

Assembly member Elvi Gray-Jackson is in Washington, D.C., this week for a ceremony at the White House.

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