LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
HUFFINGTON
11.10.13
Gays Not
Welcome
N THIS WEEK’S
issue, Lila Shapiro
takes us to Shannon,
Mississippi — population 1,753. That’s where businesswoman PJ Newton tried,
unsuccessfully, to open what
would have been the only gay
bar in a 100-mile radius on the
town’s main street.
ART STREIBER
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In the course of Lila’s conversations with Shannon residents, a
telling detail emerged: most who
opposed the bar declined to give
their names. But one 80-year-old
woman spoke frankly about her
reasons for signing a petition to
stop the bar from opening. “I’m
anti-gay,” she said. “I know that’s
not politically correct these days,
but that’s the way I feel.”
Others had more nuanced
views, and an ability to dis-
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