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Tue Jul 22, am. Username or Email Address. We are thrilled to announce this year’s pride theme: small town, big heart. In recent text and email exchanges, particularly with like-minded members of the local conservative group Santa Ynez Valley Common Sense , Clarke is even more explicit about his views on the issue.

Remember Me. You must be logged in to post a comment. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. In a separate email exchange, Clarke revealed he had helped successfully lobby Santa Ynez Valley Union High School administrators to remove four rainbow crosswalks from the campus.

Please note this login is to submit events or press releases. The very concept of Pride was confusing to him, Clarke also stated. All three asserted the Pride banners were part of a broader effort to sexualize and groom children to become gay or transgender. Get News in Your Inbox.

Sign up here. For the last several months, the townsfolk of rural Solvang, population 6,, have been waging an ugly battle over just how visible its LGBTQ+ community should be. One of the strongest critics of the downtown banners was Councilmember Robert Clarke.

Last November, Solvang held its first by-district election. Sign in. He also asked that a deputy be stationed inside the council chambers for the full length of future meetings. He pointed to angry emails and an online posting saying his house ought to be toilet-papered. Clarke did not respond to our requests for comment.

Copies of the emails and text messages were obtained through a public records request and shared with the Santa Barbara Independent. The City Council shot down a. On Monday, the Solvang City Council will reconsider its earlier rejection of a proposal to fly rainbow banners to celebrate Pride Month this June.

Swing through on a drag night and the front transforms into a full-on theater, complete with a boystrous crowd that knows how to have a good time. Use this page here to login for your Independent subscription. Clarke lost his bid to represent District 4 but was subsequently appointed by the City Council to fill the vacant District 1 seat left by then-Councilmember Mark Infanti when Infanti won his race for mayor.

Husbands Matthew Cavalli, 43, and Kiel Cavalli, 41, who started an LGBTQ nonprofit in Solvang, said they have received death threats. 🤍 this is a nod to our incredible community, yes YOU, who consistently shows up with love, empathy, and support of our mission to create a safe, supportive, and empowering home for the LGBTQ+ community in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Home News Got a Scoop? Loading Comments because of you, Pride now exists in our sma. Stop by midday and you'll find your gay elders holding court, swapping stories and laughs.