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Hissyspit

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Wed Dec 14, 2011, 04:24 AM Dec 2011

This Is Awesome: Anti-gay Troy, MI, Mayor Schooled at City Council Meeting by Gay Family [View all]



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/13/1045085/-This-Is-Awesome

TUE DEC 13, 2011 AT 08:47 PM EST

This Is Awesome: Anti-gay Troy, MI, mayor schooled at City Council meeting by gay family

byChrisloveFollow

If you haven't heard about all the hub-bub in Troy, Michigan, check out Scott Wooledge's diary ( http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/02/1041908/-Troy,-MI-Mayor-Janice-Daniels-Is-A-Low-Class-Idiot-Should-Grow-Up?via=search ) on the subject. To summarize, a screenshot recently surfaced showing Troy Mayor Janice Daniels making (before she became mayor, not that it matters) some pretty nasty anti-gay remarks on Facebook after the New York marriage equality victory.

Daniels's response to the discovery was:

I may have said something like that. I probably shouldn’t have used that kind of language, but I do believe marriage should be between one man and one woman.
Needless to say, there has been quite the backlash in Troy. Daniels was absolutely ripped apart in the City Council meeting that took place after the Facebook remarks surfaced. There were calls for her to resign. She was featured by Keith Olbermann as the "Worst Person in the World." There have even been calls to boycott the city of Troy. Despite all of this, and despite the very real embarrassment she has caused the city, she has not stepped down.

Well, at last week's City Council meeting, a family paid a visit to Daniels during the public comments portion of the meeting. A gay family. A lesbian couple and their two daughters. The result? Daniels was schooled in the most awesome possible way.

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Watched again just to hear the cheers at the end. nt DCKit Dec 2011 #1
How I wish there was a recommend button on this new forum. LOVE THIS! Casandia Dec 2011 #2
There is Aerows Dec 2011 #17
Wow, the simple power of love often overwhelms me. Thanks Hissyspit Magoo48 Dec 2011 #3
That was Awesome! Thanks! mucifer Dec 2011 #4
Beautiful family, Beautiful Message ashling Dec 2011 #5
Thanks for the background information on this! MarkCharles Dec 2011 #6
I just watched that on salon.com - awesome and moving Douglas Carpenter Dec 2011 #7
If you DARE look at her Facebook page..link here... MarkCharles Dec 2011 #8
Bill O'Reilly & Ayn Rand AlbertCat Dec 2011 #20
Way to go! sarchasm Dec 2011 #9
Tears just welled up Taverner Dec 2011 #10
Can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear..... Smilo Dec 2011 #11
Wow... chervilant Dec 2011 #12
Thaks for posting this K and R...nt Stuart G Dec 2011 #13
Beautiful! Love wins! RueVoltaire Dec 2011 #14
I would not have been able to do the right thing . . . MrModerate Dec 2011 #15
What a breathtakingly kind response Aerows Dec 2011 #16
Behold! me b zola Dec 2011 #18
That was beautiful. Who could have a problem with that? ScottLand Dec 2011 #19
OMG! WoodyD Dec 2011 #21
That was truly a thing of beauty! demmiblue Dec 2011 #22
I have to wonder where Mayor Daniels found enough paper ... TahitiNut Dec 2011 #23
So recommended! So kicked! So Awesome! n/t Ninga Dec 2011 #24
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