Politics

Mayor proclaims first gay pride day

By Bill Moss, Published: June 6, 2019

The meeting room was full an hour before the start time for Thursday's City Council meeting, with supporters and opponents of a gay pride proclamation seated on either side of a center aisle like families and friends at a wedding — opponents on the right, supporters on the left. More than 200 people filled the room and speakers, including clergy members, activists and regular people, expressed their views for and against a proclamation declaring June 15 the city's first Hendersonville Pride Day.