Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit

[mitchtv]

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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Sat May-24-08 11:45 AM
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Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
Edited on Sat May-24-08 11:47 AM by Newsjock
Source: Birmingham News

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford won't sign a proclamation for an annual gay pride celebration or allow banners on city property, and said he will not grant the sponsoring group a parade permit.

Langford said he turned down the requests this week from Central Alabama Pride because it is inappropriate for government to endorse a lifestyle. Pride Week is next month and often includes a parade on Southside and other events.

"My policy is don't ask because it's not my business, and don't put me in the position to make it my business," Langford said Friday. "I don't condone it, but I also am not sitting in judgment on anyone."

... "I don't think I'm intolerant, I just don't condone the lifestyle," he said. "Your personal lifestyle should be nobody's issue but yours. It's not a civil rights issue, it's a personal choice issue."

Read more: http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/n...


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Langford
Langford, a Democrat was elected to the county commission in 2002


Protest march in Birmingham anyone?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. with dems like these we dont even need republicans nt

[mitchtv]

2. He needs a big push back

Rock the fucking boat

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. i think he should be sued. right to gather etc.

[Clintonista2]

10. That actually happened in my hometown

Granted, it was in Canada, but it still worked. She was sued, and lost. After her term as mayor, she ended up moving to Washington to work for the Republican party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Haskett#Proclamation_controversy

[ccharles000]

3. Democrats can be assholes to.

[mach2]

6. He got his, now doesn't give a shit about us queers.

:grr:
hypocrite motherfucker

[dbackjon]

5. Friggin bigot

If Dean and Obama had any spine at all, they would ask him to resign from the party.

Instead, Obama will hook him up with his buddy Donnie.

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[Duncan Grant]

8. One of the greatest moments of irony -- ever!

http://www.bhamwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail

Literally, unbelievable. Bloggers should jump on this like kids finding money on the street.

[unsavedtrash]

9. Corrupt nut job.

This doesn't surprise me a bit. He has made far right religion a huge part of his administration and can't see beyond his ego.


Mayor dresses down for city `day of prayer'
Penitents don sackcloth, ashes in humble display

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/12091977407000.xml&coll=2

"Let there be no misunderstanding: Satan is at work in this town," Langford said. "It is time to pray."

"The smell of burlap and the ominous tones of James Earl Jones reading Revelation mixed with free-form individual prayer from more than 1,000 people who came to Boutwell Auditorium Friday night to observe what was proclaimed by Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford as "a day of prayer in sackcloth and ashes."

Starting just before 6 p.m., people streamed into the municipal auditorium to receive a dab of ashes on their foreheads and burlap shawls to cover their clothes. As the program began, Langford asked audience members to pray for an end to the violence plaguing the city."

[mitchtv]

11. Sounds like Moscow ? Warsaw? Gambia? Teheran?

I've heard it before. Slap this guy down Democrats

[mitchtv]

12. 1. he has reversed his position

AL forum:
A gay pride parade planned for next month on Southside will go on as planned, according state Rep. Patricia Todd. Todd said she spoke to Mayor Larry Langford on Saturday morning and he assured her a parade permit would be granted from the city.

The 20th Gay Pride Parade, sponsored by Central Alabama Pride, will be June 7 in Five Points South. The parade is part of the annual Pride Week celebration.

Todd said the mayor has also agreed to meet with leaders of the gay community next week. Langford said on Friday that he would not sign a proclamation for the event, allow banners on city property or sign a parade permit. Langford had said he turned down the requests because it was inappropriate for government to endorse a lifestyle.


http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/05/todd_langford_says_...

[LeftCoast]

13. Glad he reversed his opinion. He's still a tool though

:)

[mitchtv]

14. apparently he still needs an ass kicking

No banners etc. This is a case where I would vote GOP for spite

[MNBrewer]

15. MN Senator Norm Coleman (R) did similar crap

when he was mayor of St. Paul.

[Creideiki]

16. Yeah, but at least if they're Republicans, you expect it.

I think the mayor of Birmingham needs to spend, say 6 weeks, in an internship with the mayor of Chicago. (Granted, you might get some corruption, but Daley's done a pretty good job with Chicago during his reign...er, tenure.)

[MNBrewer]

17. He was a Democrat

Switched to the Republican party while he was mayor.