Not all of his constituents were pleased when Newark Mayor Cory Booker permitted the rainbow flag to fly above City Hall in June, 2007 in recognition of Gay Pride Month. Responding to criticism, Booker said:
There’s a lot of silent pain in the city of Newark, and perpetrators of this pain : those who promote the bigotry and the alienation : must be confronted.
The quote appears in this article in the New York Times with the headline, “In a Progressive State, a City That’s tough on Gays.”
Kudos to Cory Booker for his clear stance against bigotry.
-Bridget Crawford
