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To our council and lawmakers: It’s time to move past the past

Staff Photo by Doug StricklandA 100-foot rainbow flag was unfurled at Ross's Landing in Chattanooga last week to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage.
Staff Photo by Doug StricklandA 100-foot rainbow flag was unfurled at Ross's Landing in Chattanooga last week to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. Staff Photo by Doug StricklandA 100-foot rainbow flag was unfurled at Ross's Landing in Chattanooga last week to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage.

By Times Free Press Staff 3 min read

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Gay marriage decision prompts celebration, resistance in Chattanooga

William Faulkner summed up the South well in Requiem for a Nun.

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

We haven’t been able to let go of slavery and the Civil War for 150 years, so what makes anyone think our so-called leaders will go quietly on any other change – including same-sex marriage?

They’re showing their disdain for rainbows again this week.