1. TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH ORANGE VILLAGE
NEW JERSEY
PROCLAMATION
LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH
June 2012
WHEREAS South Orange Village takes pride in and celebrates the diversity of the residents
who make up ourcommunity and
WHEREAS South Orange Village is a welcoming and inclusive communityfor lesbian
gay bisexual and transgender individuals and couples in which to live and raise afamily and
WHEREAS lesbian gay bisexual and transgender residents have made important
contributions to improving the quality of life in South Orange Village and
WHEREAS throughout our country
s history lesbian gay bisexual and
transgender people have faced prejudice and discrimination for example since 1974 there
have been more than 200 anti gaystate ballot initiatives and
WHEREAS the promise of America is that all people should be able to live with
dignity and have equal rights under the law including marriage equality now
THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED that I Alex Torpey Village President of The
Township of South Orange Village and on behalf of the Board of Trustees and the
Township of South Orange Village do hereby proclaim June 2012 as LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL
AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH in the Township of South Orange Village and call
upon the
residents ofour community to celebrate thegreat diversity of South Orange Village and work together
to break down the walls of discrimination and intolerance and promote full equal rights for all
Americans regardless ofsexual orientation orgenderidentity
Presented on this 8th day of June 2012
Alex Torpey Village