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Amid National Focus on Tennessee, Gay Pride Festival Causes Tension in Local Town

Mayor Ken Moore cast a tie-breaking vote after hours of public comment

Amid National Focus on Tennessee, Gay Pride Festival Causes Tension in Local Town
A little boy reaches for candy from the Chattanooga Pride parade in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Oct. 2, 2022. Jackson Elliott/The Epoch Times
Chase Smith
Chase Smith
4/14/2023|Updated: 4/14/2023
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A gay pride festival in Franklin, Tennessee, dominated hours of conversation at a Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting this week, with the city’s mayor casting a tie-breaking vote to allow the festival to be held at a public park for its third year.

The meeting on April 11 had over 100 members of the community present to speak, mostly against the approval of the permit for this year’s event.

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