Ohio House Speaker Republican Larry Householder blasted the event as 'stunningly bizarre' and a 'joke.'
An LGBT group in Newark, Ohio, has been forced to cancel an event planned to celebrate the city's Pride Week following intervention from a leading local Republican and an online backlash against its"drag queen celestial makeup tutorial."
"But the joke is apparently on the taxpayers, who fund our libraries," Householder wrote in a letter opposing the event."This is a stunningly bizarre breach of the public trust. And it must stop." The Newark Ohio Pride Coalition offered a written response to the speaker, asking Householder to appraise himself of the facts relating to the event. They explained the educational event was also meant to discuss a safer-sex program.
"We would like to conclude our statement by publicly asking Speaker Larry Householder to respect the civil liberties of Newark, Ohio's residents," the group wrote."We also ask that, in the future, Speaker Householder take the time to gather accurate facts, prior to issuing a factually inaccurate response to a program hosted by and for our community."
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