The Eureka City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution outlining the city’s support for human rights and inclusiveness after a heated debate between two council members that the proposal was a referendum on president-elect Donald Trump’s policies.

The resolution “affirming human rights, inclusiveness, environmental sustainability, affordable health care and religious freedom” passed 4-1, with Councilwoman Marian Brady dissenting.

Councilwoman Kim Bergel, who proposed the resolution during a council meeting Dec. 13, said she thought the city should make its position on human rights clear especially “in light of the current climate in our society and even in our city.”

Bergel said with Friday’s presidential inauguration, it was now the time to move forward with a resolution that would “set a standard for how our city and community wants to be.”

Brady said during the council comment period she would not support the resolution, which she said was “full of innuendo” and hidden meaning.

“We know who you’re talking about,” Brady said. “Just say Trump.”

The resolution declares its support for the LGBTQ community by saying “there will be no conversion therapy, no withdrawal of rights in Eureka. And to all the LGBTQ people in our city and all over the country who feel scared, bullied, or alone: You matter. You are seen; you are loved.” The resolution does not name the president-elect outright.

“We still believe in this nation’s founding principle of religious freedom,” the resolution reads. “We do not ban people for their faith. And the only lists we keep are on invitations to come pray together.”

“It’s just negative,” Brady said of the resolution. “‘The only list we keep are’ blah, blah. That’s an ugly phrase.”

The bill was seconded by Councilman Austin Allison after Bergel agreed with council members Natalie Arroyo and Heidi Messner to add an “IA” to LGBTQ and to change language in the resolution to make it more inclusive of those who identify as asexual or intersex.

Manny Araujo can be reached at 707-441-0509.