Elected leaders in Erie, Pennsylvania, have voted to declare their community an LGBT “sanctuary city.”
The move this week comes as an apparent response to a push by local parents to have sexually explicit books removed from the community’s public libraries.
Though social media rumors swirled of a forthcoming move to enact an ordinance designating “sanctuary city” status, the city has put forth a less binding measure instead. Leaders passed what’s known as a resolution stating their intent to create a sanctuary city, but without legislation to enforce it.
Talk of the controversial plan began after Erie County Executive Brenton Davis, a Republican, yielded to parents and removed books they’d argued were inappropriate for children, said Dr. Tony Ruffa, from Erie….