OAKLAND PARK, FL – Members of the gay community, including community activist Michael Rajner and Dolphin Democrats president Ron Mills, attended last week’s meeting of the Oakland Park City Commission to address City Commissioner Jed Shank’s vote against a resolution proclaiming June as Gay Pride Month in Oakland Park and honoring the Stonewall Street Festival and Parade.

According to what was said at the meeting, Shank had said that he would have voted for the proclamation but the festival fell on Father’s Day and Shank felt there should also have been a proclamation for that holiday honoring fathers also.

“LGBT citizens are fathers and daughters and sons and we do appreciate the proclamation you did pass,” said Mills, “but maybe you should consider the next time having a Father’s Day proclamation.”

Rajner added that he appreciates the support that the Oakland Park City Commission has given the LGBT community in the past, but then he addressed Commissioner Shank directly: “Commissioner Shank, I was ashamed to hear what had transgressed.

I object often to process sometimes, but you could have still voted for the item and objected to process.”