Talk:Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because the article for the Sioux City Human Rights Commission refers to it when it says, "The Sioux City Human Rights Commission is a branch of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission." Also, the ICRC was been the subject of news stories last year due to a lawsuit. Labdog (talk) 15:03, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Put those into the article, not here. Currently, the article relies excessively on sources associated with the subject, lowering its notability. Hayman30 (talk) 15:05, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because I've updated article to address this issue. These revisions included adding several citations about what the ICRC does, its role in Iowa's government, and its partnership with local and federal anti-discrimination agencies.Labdog (talk) 16:11, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

In addition to the above, this article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because the Iowa Civil Rights Commission is a government agency tasked with enforcing Iowa state law. I reviewed every page for an Iowa state agency on Wikipedia. Most are comparable, some are have even less content. Given that these pages are still on Wikipedia, speedy deletion criterion A7 does not apply in this case. In addition, given these comparative pages, it is questionable whether the initial notice was objectively applied. For your reference, a list of comparative pages is below. Of particular note is the Iowa Department of Public Saftey page, which consists on a single sentence, was created on May 29, 2016, and has never been challenged for a lack of importance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Alcoholic_Beverages_Division https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Animal_Industry_Bureau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Department_of_Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Department_of_Human_Services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Department_of_Natural_Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Department_of_Public_Safety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Department_of_Transportation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_National_Guard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Utilities_Board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Workforce_Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Historical_Society_of_Iowa

Labdog (talk) 17:36, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because the Iowa Civil Rights Commission is a statutorily authorized executive branch agency of the State of Iowa. There are numerous similar Wikipedia pages of other state agencies which have not been deleted. The Iowa Civil Rights Commission is the only statewide anti-discrimination enforcement agency in the state of Iowa. Members of the public should be able to find information about the Iowa Civil Rights Commission through Wikipedia's free encyclopedia. --165.206.232.205 (talk) 18:49, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Criticism section
An edit summary by User:KH1609 about the ==Criticism== suggests that this section has more than cosmetic difficulties. WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:10, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Problem
List of current commissioners is incorrect. Current commissioners are as follows: Marcelena Ordaz (Chair) Justin Johnston (Vice Chair) Gina Battani Sam Kooiker Patricia Lipski Dennis Mandsager Holly White KH1609 (talk) 21:43, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Correct Director Information
Director information should be updated to indicate that Charles Hill is the Interim Director. KH1609 (talk) 21:45, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Misleading Information in Criticism Section
The title of this section is misleading, as the information in the following paragraph does not reflect the title. See below. A proposed title could be "History of LGBTQ Protections" as it is less biased.

Opposition to LGBTQ Protections[edit source]

In 1983, the Iowa Civil Rights Commission was sued for failing to investigate the civil rights charge of a transgender women in the case of Sommers v. ICRC, stating it had a lack of jurisdiction. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the Iowa Civil Rights Commission's determination that gender identity was not included under the protected characteristic of sex in chapter 601A and there had been no intent by legislature to expand the traditional meaning of sex. The commission was found to be not unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious in denying jurisdiction. Effective July 1, 2007, the Iowa Civil Rights Act (Iowa Code Chapter 216) was expanded to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes, making it illegal in Iowa to discriminate against a person because of his/her sexual orientation or gender identity. On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court delivered its landmark ruling in Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda that the term 'sex' as described in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, encompassed workers who identified as members of the LGBTQ community, aligning federal civil rights protections with protections already available under Iowa State law. KH1609 (talk) 21:49, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

The next section information is not supported by the cited sources, and all graphs, cases, and conclusions come from the same author.

Ineffectiveness of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission[edit source] On average, more than half of the charges reviewed by the Iowa Civil Rights Commission are closed administratively, without the commencement of a formal investigation. The commission has recently come under criticism for employing a charge-processing mechanism that is unconstitutional and rigs the process in favor of business interests. In a national ranking done of Civil Rights agencies, the ICRC was ranked among the worst in the nation with a probable cause rate of 1.20%. The Iowa Civil Rights Commission has also attracted notoriety for overseeing one of the nations best labor markets but also one of the most racially segregated. In 2020, the Iowa Civil Rights Commission was sued in Federal Court under Title VI for its use of federal funds towards an investigatory process that contributes to discrimination and harassment within the state rather than its eradication. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KH1609 (talk • contribs) 21:54, 30 November 2021 (UTC)