Aug 22, 2007Quickie Link: Fort Lauderdale Mayor Attacks Gay People on Press Conference
By vanrozenheim
(USA) - Mayor Jim Naugle and several religious leaders held a news conference Tuesday to draw attention to what they described as "the moral and health risks of gay sex". Naugle is at the center of a political war between gays and religious conservatives that started earlier this summer when he said public bathrooms in Fort Lauderdale are plagued by gay men cruising for sex and said he uses the term "homosexual'' because "most of them aren't gay. They're unhappy.'' Though Fort Lauderdale is considered one of the most gay friendly tourist destinations in the country, it has become ground zero for a bitter fight about the morality of homosexuality itself.
