TN County Rescinds Gay Ban. Only Wanted to Keep Gays from Moving There.

Now Rhea County will resume its status as a gay haven, I guess. :eyes:



http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-County-Gay-Ban.html?pagewanted=print&position=

Tennessee County Reverses Ban on Gays
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:27 a.m. ET

DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) -- Commissioners in rural, conservative Rhea County never intended to create the ``wildfire'' of reaction that resulted from banning gay people, the county attorney said after the board reversed its 2-day-old decision.

The original vote was meant to show support for the state's ban on same-sex marriages, county Attorney Gary Fritts said Thursday.

``They wanted to send a message to our (state) representative and senator that Rhea County supports the ban on same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage is what it was all about,'' Fritts said. ``There has just been so much misunderstanding about this. It was to stop people from coming here and getting married and living in Rhea County.''

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:eyes:

Can't spell diarrhea with out "Reah"...

:+

under a sheet if you will. Hell no, they never intended to create a fire storm. They assumed their hate would be welcome with open arms in the atmosphere that bush and his kind are trying to permeate in this country.

in Rhea, County and booked a wonderful
7-night stay with an ocean-view penthouse room.

Thank you Rhea County for changing your mind and God Bless.

Screw California, I'm moving to gay-friendly Tennessee!!

I'm not banned. I'm not banned!!!!
:party: :toast: :bounce:

Just to let you know how it got its name... :hi:

I can't believe those bastards at the
Four Seasons-Rhea County tricked me.
I guess I should have known when my
confirmation notice included numerous
references to "your'en types" and
"y'all don't come back, ya heeeear?" LOL

Is there some liars' amnesty program I missed?

Their original vote said nothing about gay marriage. Nothing.

Why are they lying about it now? Don't they know liars make baby Jesus cry?