Amid boos from the public gallery, council voted 3\u002D2 to approve the flag ban.
The motion had originally explicitly stated the ban covers “Progress or Pride banners” though that wording was removed from the motion on which politicians voted.
Amid boos from the public gallery, council voted 3-2 to approve the flag ban. Scholten, Mayor Jim Palmer, and Coun. Adrian Couwenberg supported the ban. Stubbs and Coun. Shawn Gear were opposed.Article content Council concluded the three-hour meeting by voting down a motion introduced by Stubbs to proclaim June as Pride month, prompting the head of Oxford County’s Pride organization to storm out of council chambers at one point.
Added Pride board member Jorden Kent: “The council here should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for choosing to take the wrong side of this issue.”Article content
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