A gay man was the only applicant for a town council seat. He lost anyway — because of his sexuality

TokenBoomer@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

A gay man was the only applicant for a town council seat. He lost anyway — because of his sexuality

PriorityMotif@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Only if someone else leaves the position. They’ll appoint someone to fill the seat until the next election. Famously, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich went to prison for trying to sell Barack Obama’s senate seat after he was elected president as his Senate term had not yet ended.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich

A gay man was the only applicant for a town council seat. He lost anyway — because of his sexuality

A gay man was the only applicant for a town council seat. He lost anyway — because of his sexuality

An Ohio man was denied a position on his village’s council despite being the only applicant, and the council president’s reasoning was pretty blatant.