Los Altos Reverses Stand, Gay Pride Now OK

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http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/05/051006altpri.htm

The Los Altos City Council faced with condemnation from throughout the state for turning down a request for a Gay Pride Day parade and proclamation has reversed itself in a meeting that dragged into the early hours of Wednesday.

Students from Los Altos High School's Gay Straight Alliance first asked for the Gay Pride Day proclamation two years ago. They're returned every year since. And, the third time, in February, was definitely not lucky. (story)

In a 3-2 vote the council, in the city only a stone's throw from San Francisco, decided to pass a law forbidding any Gay Pride Day proclamations. The legislation called pride "discriminatory" because it promotes a particular sexual orientation.

"For our community of Los Altos, we don't want to take positions on controversial issues whether it be Right to Life or Gay Pride,'' Mayor Ron Packard said at the time.


Los Altos is a bit more than a "stone's throw" from San Fran

it's closer to San Jose than San Francisco