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Residents and faith leaders urge Sevier County Commission to bring Pride Month proclamation to the floor
Summary
At the May 15 Sevier County Commission meeting, more than a dozen residents, faith leaders and LGBTQ community members urged commissioners to advance a Pride Month proclamation after a Steering Committee again declined to move it forward, citing discrimination, bullying and a petition of roughly 1,300 signatures.
At the Sevier County Commission meeting on May 15, 2023, more than a dozen residents, faith leaders and people who identified as LGBTQ urged commissioners to bring a Pride Month proclamation to the commission floor after a Steering Committee declined to advance the item.
Speakers described repeated rejections of the proclamation and urged formal recognition or at least a public discussion. Winter Caymen told the commission the proclamation’s resubmission “was turned down again by the Steering Committee” despite what the speaker said was an additional 1,300 petition signatures supporting it. The…
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