{"id":92586,"date":"2019-07-12T12:25:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mayor-changes-rules-so-she-doesnt-have-to-sign-pride-proclamation-insists-shes-not-homophobic\/"},"modified":"2019-07-12T12:25:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:25:46","slug":"mayor-changes-rules-so-she-doesnt-have-to-sign-pride-proclamation-insists-shes-not-homophobic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mayor-changes-rules-so-she-doesnt-have-to-sign-pride-proclamation-insists-shes-not-homophobic\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor changes rules so she doesn\u2019t have to sign Pride proclamation, insists she\u2019s not homophobic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mayor changes rules so she doesn\u2019t have to sign Pride proclamation, insists she\u2019s not homophobic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/07\/Donna-Schmitt-4-670x349.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/07\/Donna-Schmitt-4-670x349.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/07\/Donna-Schmitt-4-400x209.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/07\/Donna-Schmitt-4.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>Donna Schmitt is the mayor of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis with approximately 20,000 residents.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s facing criticism from constituents after she refused to sign a proclamation supporting the city\u2019s upcoming Pride festival, which is scheduled to happen this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s more to the story than just that.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In her refusal to do so, Schmitt cited new guidelines that were put into place <em>after <\/em>LGBTQ groups initially contacted her about signing the proclamation.<\/p>\n<p>According to local station <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/columbia-heights-mayor-won-t-sign-gay-pride-proclamation?fbclid=IwAR2-aG6VhKrSX8iRACUHgnGw-3nmeA9R5JbWelWHW5xhFiIzJ9rud7B8txE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FOX9 reports (opens in a new tab)\">FOX9<\/a>, organizers from the Columbia Heights Pride Organization reached out to the mayor\u2019s office several weeks ago to ask if she would sign a proclamation officially recognizing this Saturday as LGBTQ Awareness Day in Columbia Heights.<\/p>\n<p>Their emails and phone <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">calls<\/a> went unanswered until last week when Schmitt finally agreed to meet with them only to say they hadn\u2019t followed the appropriate guidelines for getting a proclamation and, therefore, she could not abide by their request.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the thing: The guidelines Schmitt cited didn\u2019t exist when organizers first contacted her about the proclamation weeks earlier. They were created the same week she agreed to meet with them, after she had been blowing them off for weeks.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is not about a group, it\u2019s about, let\u2019s follow the guidelines,\u201d Schmitt told local station <a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/news\/concerns-of-discrimination-raised-after-columbia-heights-mayor-refuses-to-issue-proclamation-for-pride-festival\/5416277\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC5<\/a>. \u201cThey can go out and celebrate, they are more than welcome to rent our parks and have a family friendly event, as they have requested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a town hall meeting held on Monday, Schmitt told organizers, \u201cYou do not need a piece of paper from me to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNowhere does it state or has been implied that I\u2019m against individuals in the LGBTQ community. We have denied three other proclamations in the last <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> of months.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As tensions in the room built, Schmitt slammed her gavel on the table and scolded: \u201cI will be asking some of you to leave if you do not stop!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to local media after the meeting, she confirmed the new guidelines were put in place after LGBTQ organizers contacted her but insisted it was not motivated by antigay animus, saying, \u201cI just hope they realize, they don\u2019t represent everyone in the city either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/mayoral-candidate-caught-tape-shouting-antigay-slurs-cyclist-says-exercising-free-speech-20190618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mayoral candidate caught on tape shouting antigay slurs at cyclist says he was exercising free speech<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=9_aRitdcyB0:bZ0S2-_GpwI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=9_aRitdcyB0:bZ0S2-_GpwI:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/mayor-changes-rules-doesnt-sign-pride-proclamation-insists-shes-not-homophobic-20190712?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/mayor-changes-rules-doesnt-sign-pride-proclamation-insists-shes-not-homophobic-20190712?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor changes rules so she doesn\u2019t have to sign Pride proclamation, insists she\u2019s not homophobic Donna Schmitt is the mayor of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis with approximately 20,000 residents. She\u2019s facing criticism from constituents after she refused to sign a proclamation supporting the city\u2019s upcoming Pride festival, which is scheduled to happen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mayor-changes-rules-so-she-doesnt-have-to-sign-pride-proclamation-insists-shes-not-homophobic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mayor changes rules so she doesn\u2019t have to sign Pride proclamation, insists she\u2019s not homophobic<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mayor changes rules so she doesn\u2019t have to sign Pride proclamation, insists she\u2019s not homophobic - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mayor-changes-rules-so-she-doesnt-have-to-sign-pride-proclamation-insists-shes-not-homophobic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mayor changes rules so she doesn\u2019t have to sign Pride proclamation, insists she\u2019s not homophobic - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mayor changes rules so she doesn\u2019t have to sign Pride proclamation, insists she\u2019s not homophobic Donna Schmitt is the mayor of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis with approximately 20,000 residents. 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