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Behind the Aegis

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Fri Aug 9, 2019, 12:50 PM Aug 2019

Jersey mayor says LGBTQ rights are an 'affront to almighty God' & shouldn't be mentioned in schools [View all]

A Jersey Shore mayor is on an unholy crusade to keep positive images of LGBT people out of public schools.

In January, Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law mandating that middle and high school curriculums include the historical contributions made by people with disabilities or who those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender.

Alfonso Cirulli, the Republican mayor of Barnegat, New Jersey, has freaked out about this and launched a campaign to stop it. He’s trying to create public pressure to force the legislature and governor to reverse their wise decision.


The malignant mayor told The Jersey Shore Online: “Sometimes laws are introduced with the best intentions but sometimes they go overboard…from my observation, we’ve crossed over the line into absurdity.”

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