JACKSON,
Miss. (AP) — Organizers of a group that was planning a Mississippi
college town's first-ever gay pride parade said Wednesday that they're
exploring legal action after city officials denied them a permit.
Starkville
aldermen voted 4-3 Tuesday to deny the permit requested by Starkville
Pride, an LGBT support group, drawing criticism from the city's mayor
and leaving some members of the group in tears.
Others
who attended the meeting said none of the four aldermen explained the
reasons for their decision, either in public or in a closed session
where the city lawyer warned of possible legal action. Three left by a
back door after the meeting.
It's
the third time in recent years that aldermen have voted against an
LGBT-friendly measure. In 2015, aldermen repealed a nondiscrimination
policy and stopped providing health insurance to unmarried partners of
city employees. At the time, gay marriage was illegal in Mississippi.
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