Florida candidate says opponent wants to turn city “gay”

metroweekly.com:

Facebook Live video in which Wright went on a stream-of-consciousness rant about his campaign signs being stolen, claimed that city officials had “blood on their hands” for their response to an officer-involved dirt bike crash that killed a 13-year-old, the lack of economic opportunity, political corruption, and his hatred of political correctness.As part of the broadcast, Wright expressed horror at opponent Ty Penserga’s “big purple, pink signs,” adding: “He’s gay.

He wants to make this a gay city. That’s not Boynton culture.“I’ll call him what I will, and I tell his gay butt this, if you’re gay, you’re gay.

I’m a real man. I’m a real man,” he continued. “I’m telling you his gay butt better sit down because we are not going to let him make this city gay.”Wright alleged that Penserga, an openly gay city commissioner, was somehow behind plans to turn the city into a gay mecca by offering expensive studio lofts exclusively to “homosexuals,” with a gay dance club on the top floor and a massage parlor on the ground floor of a recently build apartment complex.

Wright may be referring to a multi-million-dollar mixed-use apartment complex, complete with commercial space, pools, a clubhouse, gym, and parking structures, that was approved for construction by city commissioners in 2020, but it is unclear.In the video, Wright rambles on about various issues before settling back on Penserga’s sexual orientation after ranting about the legalization of same-sex marriage, which he also referred to at one point as “illegal marriage.” “That is so far away from the Scriptures, it is a shame.