WILTON MANORS, FL—The gay flag has found a permanent home in Wilton Manors. After two and a half hours of discussion in last Tuesday night’s meeting of the city’s commissioners, the vote was unanimous.

What began as a suggestion on October 13 from Wilton Manors’ resident Tim Evans to re-raise the Pride flag at City Hall, ended with the commissioners instructing the City Manager to find a permanent place on city property to house the flag and its pole.

There was some opposition from several heterosexual residents who suggested that showcasing the rainbow flag representing the LGBT community would be viewed as a bias against the straight homeowners.

“Our straight residents increasingly perceive a bias on the part of our gaycentric city,” according to Paul Kuta, who opposed the movement.

“If you want to represent a special interest group, run for Congress,” said resident Ben Little.

Neither speaker felt the need to remind the commissioners that before the LGBT community made Wilton Manors the gay mecca it has grown to become, it was a declining neighborhood heavily populated by drug dealers, and shuttered storefronts.

Evans, speaking again in support of his motion, said that gays and lesbians had a positive impact on the local economy. It was a point reinforced by Jeff Sterling, president of the Wilton Manors Development Alliance.

Commissioner Justin Flippen was adamant that there was no LGBT bias or any reflection no straight residents.  “No one would argue that a Martin Luther King Memorial is anti-white.”

“It just supports who we are as a community,” said commissioner Tom Green.

After hearing back from the City Manager, a final vote on the flag issue will most likely to taken next month.

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