Dent County, Missouri Will Lower Its Flags To 'Mourn' Marriage Equality

[pstokely]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/13/missouri-gay-marriage_n_7789020.html
"Flags in Dent County, Missouri, will be lowered to "below half-staff" for a one-year period of "mourning" the Supreme Court's June 26 decision to legalize gay marriage nationwide.

In a unanimous vote on Monday, the Dent County Commission decided to lower the American flags at the county courthouse and judicial building on the 26th day of each month from now until June of next year.

All three commissioners are Republican. According to the county's main newspaper, The Salem News, the commission took up the issue after Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles wrote a letter in protest of the Supreme Court decision.

“All who see these flags at this lowered position [will] be reminded of this despicable Supreme Court travesty," Skiles wrote in the letter. He called the Supreme Court decision "the U.S. high court's stamp of approval of what God speaks of as an abomination" and accused the court of “blatant judicial overreach.”

[RKP5637]

1. F'en bigots and fools! I guess they spoke with their god recently and got these

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instructions. Another location to list as uninhabitable. It's good they have a warning flag.

[DrDan]

3. Did you mean "uninhabitable"?

[RKP5637]

6. Oops! Thanks! n/t

[ladjf]

5. My list of places where I wouldn't want to live is rapidly growing longer.

Unfortunately, I already live in one of those states.

[RKP5637]

7. Yep, same here, my list of places to avoid, not even travel in, never vacation in and

definitely not to live in continues to grow.

[get the red out]

2. Toddlers throw fits

When they don't get their way, but eventually get their tears dried and move on to something else.

[gkagejr]

4. My stomping grounds

I live in Crawford County which borders Dent County and I am not surprised to hear about this. I am also the former chairman of Missouri's 16th Senatorial District which contained Dent County so I'm very familiar with the area. In 2010 I ran for County Clerk on the Democratic ticket in Crawford County and was beaten 3 to 1.

The most frustrating part of all this is that it proves that bigotry and discrimination are alive and well in Missouri. In 2009 I testified at a Missouri Senate Hearing in favor of the Missouri Non Discrimination Act (MONA) which would make it illegal for employers to fire or discriminate in against anyone in the LGBT Community. I don't know what the future holds but one thing I do know is that someday, maybe Missouri will enter the 21st Century.

Springfield Missouri is a very nice city/town and there are quite a few active liberals and progressives in the area. If you do decide to move there message me and I will help you get in touch with them.