Pa. mayor accused of discrimination against LGBTQ has change of heart – By OAN Newsroom (OANN) / July 23 2019
The mayor a Pennsylvania city has reversed his original decision to stop an LGBTQ pride flag raising ceremony at city hall. Last weekend, posted a video on his Facebook page detailing what he called a moving conversation with a transgender citizen.
The conversation inspired him to reconsider his views of the LGBTQ community. Scott said a “very prominent woman” came to visit him to discuss the pride flag raising ceremony, and shared her story about when she came out to her mother. When the woman was a child, she told her mother she felt like a boy trapped in a girl’s body and asked if God had made a mistake. Her mother’s response: ‘God doesn’t make mistakes’.’
“I still choke up…you can put my stamp on the approval, you can put your flag up. The flag is something we should support and maybe I will change my mind on other flags that go up, but this one here — you hit home. I am a God loving person, I believe God created us all equal and he does not or she does not make mistakes.” — Mayor Wally Scott, Reading, Pa.
FILE – In this April 19, 2019 file photo, a gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
This comes after the mayor canceled a gay pride flag raising ceremony last week, because he wanted to “keep politics out of it.” Scott originally said the flag represents a political movement, and flying it would be against city policy. He explained that he doesn’t believe flags should be raised at city hall for any type of movements.
The mayor is now experiencing a change of heart. He said he will allow a pride flag to be flown over city hall for the first time in the city’s history. In his latest Facebook video, Scott said the LGBTQ community has his full support and they can reschedule to raise the flag any day they want.
Watch the full video here.https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNmBMJtB7qxCX5D-9MQjyX8_J_IfcN2lmhhdlivvyjhIc6o5QAq8tbZFubpQXL0dQ/photo/AF1QipPluvF8wcSzCn94qHAjjgZourJZfeuc-iVd2Vw?key=a3pUNE1PNjJtNEZOUkxFNk9rcVJkdzRDZWh6b2JR
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