The following is a joint statement from First Selectman Fred Camillo, Selectwoman Lauren Rabin and Selectperson Janet Stone McGuigan:
“The Board of Selectmen is appalled by the display of hate speech seen outside Town Hall Monday morning.
The signs appeared as a reaction to Sunday’s Pride Day celebration and flag raising and were placed on Town property by people unwilling to identify themselves. The Pride event was organized by fellow Greenwich residents promoting an inclusive community, one that does not stand for hate and bigotry against anyone or any group. We stand together as a Town with our LGBTQ+ community and we condemn hate speech in all its forms. It has no place in Greenwich.
The Board of Selectmen is calling upon all individuals and local political groups, including the Democratic Town Committee, the Republican Town Committee and independent groups such as the Greenwich Patriots and Greenwich Voices for Democracy, to condemn this hate speech as well.
As was mentioned yesterday, it is a lot easier to love than hate, and to hug rather than attack.
Tolerance, acceptance, and freedom is the Greenwich we all know and love, not the display we saw outside Town Hall today.”
