If he wins, he will be the first openly gay black man elected to the city council.
Jon said in GA Voice:
"I would send a tremendous message to have a black gay man, the first, elected to the Atlanta City Council in the city ...,"Jon has a list of things he would like to do for the people and the city. I wish him luck and I hope he makes history.
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I'm told that Atlanta and vicinity are fairly liberal places. But then there's the festering redneck rest of Georgia to deal with.
ReplyDeleteAnd those rednecks - anti-gay, pro-creationist loons.