Shaylin Lussier remembers going numb and starting to cry after learning the results of a vote that will force a rainbow crosswalk brought forward by R.F. Staples Secondary School’s gay-straight alliance to be removed from town property.
“It was really devastating,” Lussier told CBC News on Friday. “We worked very hard to have this.”
Residents of Westlock, Alta., voted in favour of a bylaw Thursday that bans crosswalks and flags supporting “political, social, or religious movements or commercial entities.”
Just over 1,300 people voted, with 663 — or 50.9 per cent — voting in favour and 639 voting against.
Shaylin Lussier, a member of the Thunder Alliance
