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Anti-gay Mayor Janice Daniels fired in Troy, MIchigan

Troy, Michigan Mayor Janice Daniels, who said that gay people are “mentally disordered,” has been recalled by voters.

The former mayor told the press that her anti-gay attitude actually made people want to move to Troy.  Looks like somebody else will be moving instead.

With all 31 precincts reporting, the yes vote won 20,763 to 18,993.

“We’re estatic,” said Matt Binkowski, spokesman for the effort to recall the embattled mayor.

“We’re very happy that Troy can now finally move forward and the embarrassment of Janice Daniels’ short term as mayor is finally over.”

(source)

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Janice Daniels, mayor of Troy, MI, can’t stop putting her foot in her mouth

Janice Daniels, the mayor of Troy, MI, compared being gay to smoking cigarettes on a recent talk-show appearance, according to CBS Detroit.

Last December Daniels earned the ire of many—and finds herself facing a recall effort—after she posted on Facebook “I think I am going to throw away my I Love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there.”

That little dig cost Daniels her job at the real-estate company Century 21, even though she claimed, “I know that as mayor, I represent all of the people in this city.” Organizers of the recall effort against Daniels submitted 9,300 signatures to the city’s Election Division this week. (They only needed 7,985.)

Not realizing she should’ve quit while she was behind, Daniels went on Charlie Langton’s morning talk show on Radio 1270 to “explain” herself.

“What I said while I was mayor … I was in a business meeting, I come from a business perspective … I said that I would bring a doctor into a meeting that would say that the homosexual lifestyle is dangerous,” Daniels said, adding, “Had I been with a group of smokers I might have said I would like to bring a doctor into this meeting to say that smoking is dangerous.”

When Langton asked Daniels if she thought being gay was “dangerous,” she replied “I think that doctors can make a case for it certainly,”but said she personally “had no opinion” on it.

Determined to make every faux pas in the book, Daniels even trotted out the “some of my best friends are gay” card. Well, her version of it, anyway:

“I am refinancing a home mortgage for a man who I would suspect could potentially be homosexual and we get along famously … In fact he brought papers into the office the other day and we actually grabbed each other’s arms and kind of stood together in solidarity because we’re refinancing his home loan …”

Wow – isn’t she swell?

Via Queerty

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New mayor of Troy, Michigan not happy “queers” can marry

Janice Daniels, recently elected mayor of Troy, Michigan, is catching flack for a recently uncovered Facebook status update she wrote back in June after marriage equality was passed in New York.

On her Facebook page, Daniels’ wrote: “I think I am going to throw away my I Love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there.”

Daniels confirmed today that she did post the message, though she said she decided against ditching the bag.

“I may have said something like that,” she said. “I probably shouldn’t have used that kind of language, but I do believe marriage should be between one man and one woman.”

Daniels added that while she’s opposed to gay marriage, and has moral issues with homosexuality, she doesn’t hate gay people. “I love all people. I am human. That was probably a poor choice of words.”

I have to ask: “probably a poor choice of words?” PROBABLY?  And I’m sure when she wrote the word ‘queers’ she meant it in the best way possible.

The Facebook post has since been removed.

Gay rights leaders in Michigan said Daniels’ words amounted to hate speech. Denise Brogan-Kator, executive director of Equality Michigan, said on her own Facebook page: “I find it discouraging that a leader of people can have such disregard for the lives of people she serves.”
(via Towleroad)

UPDATE: Mayor Daniels was confronted before a City Council Meeting. Watch the video of her explanation. She says she used “one word” that people don’t like. “One word.”

I’d be curious to know if she had used the n-word in regards to African Americans would she expect to be ‘forgiven’ so quickly?

Also, note the strange smile she has while explaining herself. It strikes me as a bit odd. Why smile when this is clearly an issue of importance to your constituents?