Newly elected Troy Mayor Janice Daniels’ gay slur Facebook post has created a firestorm of comments regarding freedom of speech on the The Oakland Press’ Facebook page. We asked if anything should be done about her comment, and here is what our Facebook readers had to say:
— Dave Lewandowski: No she has her right to her opinion in her position she probably should have used a diff word than "QUEER"
— Jeff Smith: No, about time someone stood up
— Dave Page: Absolutely, she is a public official who is monitored and scrutinized 24/7...
— Deborra Swain Okolovitch: She could have used a better choice of words, but she has the right to say what she thinks.
— Nick Georgeoff: I agree, she has the right to her opinion. If she's against gay marriage fine, but yeah she should have worded it better. Even if she did word it properly, she would have still gotten flack as seeming anti gay marriage seems to be the political flavor of the day lately.
— Kevin Sandler: Hey its America! We have freedom of speech here and its great! Here's my speech: Janice Daniels is a pig.
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