In an email to Hallett regarding his position on the issue, Summers wrote, "As it relates to marriage equity, my position is still the same. "There is such a thing as guilt by association," he said. He acknowledged that during the campaign five years he ago he was part of a local faith organization that took a public stand in support of Prop 8. that he voted against Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage California voters passed in 2008. We need to lift that up."Īsked about his position on same-sex marriage, Summers told the B.A.R. "We have some wonderful things happening in our city. "I want to change the dynamic of Vallejo," said Summers, who works for a company that provides job training to people who are incarcerated. His platform is focused on jobs, economic development, and public safety. "That is ludicrous," said Summers, pointing out that he has publicly called for the city to revive its Human Rights Commission to deal with complaints about LGBT issues and has endorsed LGBT sensitivity training for the city's police department. , Summers, 54, a married father of three daughters, insisted he has no agenda to pursue anti-gay laws should he win a council seat. "This is really about whether religious values, which have their place, should be made central to policy-making decisions," said Crumrine, who has tangled with Summers politically over the years. Bonilla (D-Concord), who represents Vallejo, rescind their endorsements of Summers. In recent weeks the group has unsuccessfully pushed to see the Solano County Democratic Central Committee and state Assemblywoman Susan A. Ĭrumrine is a co-founder of an ad hoc committee looking at forming a new LGBT Democratic Club in Solano County. It is not what he has said, it is what he has done," said David Crumrine, 52, who moved to Vallejo seven years ago with his husband, Joey Lake.
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"This seems like a conversion on the way to the polls in the election.
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His response has not mollified those opposing Summers in the eight-person race who are concerned that his actions will not match his words should he win one of the three four-year council terms up for grabs this year. "Tony absolutely and unequivocally condemns discrimination of any person, in any form, for any reason," states a message on his campaign site. In posts to his campaign website, emails to those opposing him, and several media interviews, Summers has insisted that as "a black man in America" he "personally" understands what it means to be discriminated against and opposes all forms of discrimination. But it terrifies me to think we could have an anti-choice, anti-gay, and pro-bullying councilman" said Stephen Hallett, 26, a gay man who is a Vallejo native.Īs the opposition against him has heated up ahead of the Tuesday, November 5 election, Summers has sought to address his critics' claims and refute his being characterized as anti-gay or homophobic, noting he has a gay niece who he fully loves and supports. They have also criticized local Democratic Party officials for endorsing Summers when he opposes abortion, a main position of the state party platform.
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This time it is pastor Anthony Summers 's candidacy that has alarmed a number of the city's LGBT residents, who have been vocally campaigning against him. Two years later the winner of that contest, Mayor Osby Davis, was forced to apologize for an interview with a New York Times columnist where he said gay people were "committing sin." He insisted his comments were taken out of context, and despite his apology, faced calls for the council to censure him. Several gay men have served on its city council, and former councilman Gary Cloutier was briefly declared the winner of Vallejo's 2007 mayoral race before a recount seven days later pushed him out of office. The bayside enclave in southern Solano County has long attracted LGBT people seeking cheaper housing, as the Bay Area Reporter noted in a 2008 Pride issue article. The decision by a pastor in Vallejo with a checkered past when it comes to LGBT issues to this year seek a city council seat has once again thrust the Bay Area city into the headlines.