STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on a Mississippi city's denial of a gay pride parade (all times local):
3:40 p.m.
A
Mississippi State University student who unsuccessfully sought a city
permit for a gay pride parade and related events says she intends to sue
the city.
Starkville
aldermen voted 4-3 to deny the event permit Tuesday. None of the
aldermen who voted against the permit have explained their reasoning.
Bailey
Evans told The Associated Press that she contacted the Campaign for
Southern Equality to seek a lawyer. The campaign connected her with
Roberta Kaplan, a national leader in gay rights litigation, and a
spokesman for Kaplan say she will represent Evans.
McDaniel
says she and others wanted to have a parade to show the strength of the
city's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Mayor
Lynn Spruill and an alderman who supported the permit say Starkville is
more accepting of gay people than the vote indicates.
SOURCE: YAHOO NEWS
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