IDAHO FALLS (AP) - The city of Idaho Falls could become the seventh in the state to enact an ordinance banning discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender.

The Post Register reports the city council is working on a draft ordinance and collecting public comment on the issue.

But if a group of Republican lawmakers has their way, all such rules would be invalidated. The Idaho Republican Party Central Committee will consider a resolution today that would call for the Legislature to enact a law rendering any city anti-discrimination ordinances unenforceable. Meanwhile, the Idaho Press-Tribune reports that a Caldwell woman has created the LGBTA Democratic Caucus to advance gay rights and to find political leaders in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community.

In 2012, state lawmakers rejected a bill that would have added the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to Idaho's Human Rights Act, banning discrimination based on a person's orientation or gender in jobs, housing, educational opportunities and public accommodations. During the 2013 legislative session, Sen. Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, refused to hold a formal hearing on the matter because he didn't think another vote would have a different result, though lawmakers did agree to hear a presentation from advocates in favor of adding protections to the Human Rights Act.

After lawmakers voted down the bill in 2012, cities across the state began looking at creating their own anti-discrimination ordinances. Sandpoint was the first to make the change, later joined by Boise, Ketchum, Moscow, Coeur d'Alene and Pocatello.

During a Thursday night work session in Idaho Falls on the issue, resident Dino Lowrey told council members that when she tells people she's from Idaho, the overwhelming response is: "You're from the Aryan Nation state?"

That perception needs to change, she said, and the council can do it by passing an anti-discrimination rule.

But as in other cities, dissenters voiced concerns. Pastor Todd Wood of Berean Baptist Church told the council that he worried that an anti-discrimination ordinance could force some to violate their conscience.

"If a Christian in Idaho Falls regards homosexuality as a sin, what business would you recommend for him or her to start if they think enforcing this ordinance would be a violation of their conscience?" Wood said.

Councilwoman Sharon Perry said she'd like to have the ordinance wrapped up by Labor Day.

Cities' anti-discrimination ordinances aren't sitting well with some in the Republican Party. GOP central committees in Bonner County and Idaho County submitted nearly identical resolutions for the state committee to adopt, both calling for the state to enact a law making the cities' anti-discrimination rules unenforceable.

In Friday's article about the return of the hydroplane races to Lake Coeur d'Alene, board member Keith Kroetch's first name was incorrectly reported.