News: Small Town Wary of Gay Games, Local Rednecks propose “God Hates Fags Games” for Balance

Gay Games 2006 

From CNN.COM:

Gay Games controversy splits Illinois town

Some see threat to small-town values; others welcome diversity

CRYSTAL LAKE, Illinois (AP) — Among the items on the City Council’s agenda is what seems a simple question: Whether to give rowers a permit to have a boat race this summer on a small man-made lake.

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  1. Aaron — On 4-4-2006 at 3:13 pm

    Crystal Lake is right by us - We shop there often. It’s a conservative area, this outer belt on the fringes of suburban Chicago. This same thing controversy could happen in countless other towns, of course.

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