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My name is Arthur Schaper, and I am a proud member of MassResistance, the international pro-family group that makes the difference. My last name is “Schaper,” not “Sharp,” Mayor Trujillo, so get it right!
On behalf of our organization, including our many activists
in the city of Downey and throughout Los Angeles County, we want to thank the
city of Downey for doing the right thing by passing a neutral flag policy.
During the May 14th, 2024 city council meeting,
Mayor Trujillo attacked Downey residents, including our activists here in the
city, and called them a “hate group.” He tried to hide behind the so-called
“Southern California Poverty Law Center.”
They are a law firm based in Anaheim, California, and they
have not issued such a defamatory label against us. The fact is that Mayor
Trujillo, who claims to be part of this whole “Love is Love” movement, was the
one displaying hate.
He forced this pride flag onto the community, when Downey
residents had spoken out against it three years ago. He and his corrupt,
felonious crony Catherine Alvarez, were never interested in serving the entire
Downey Community, but rather wanted to push their limited, hateful, dishonest
LGBT agenda on the city.
Mayor Trujillo got two things right. The neutral flag policy
was an attack on the pride flag, because there was an appropriate flag policy
in place before he and his liberal colleagues insisted on forcing other flags
on the community. And yes, MassResistance is a well-organized pro-family
organization.
It is really shameful that Mayor Trujillo used his position
to attack mothers, fathers, immigrants, and Downey residents in general because
they did not want to fly the pride flag in the city. It’s really laughable that
he calls MassResistance “anti-immigrant,” because we have many immigrants in
our activist organization. In fact, in some of our activist groups, we have
more immigrants than native-born citizens!
Last of all, it’s obscene that Mayor Trujillo claims that
the removal of the pride flag is a step backwards for the community. Have a
neutral flag policy is a step forwards for unity in the community. It’s a step
forward for standing for truth. The promotion of homosexuality and
transgenderism is not the next step in the civil rights movement, but a
corruption and a theft of the Civil rights movement. It is deeply offensive
that Mayor Trujillo and others insist on stealing the honor and dignity of the
Civil Rights Movement to cover up and justify their private traumas and turn
sexual perversions into a public spectacle.
To quote Karen Carpenter: “We’ve only just begun.” It is
wrong for the city of Downey to provide taxpayer funding for the Downey Pride
Festival. Why should any city celebrate an agenda which promotes harmful
behaviors which short a person’s lifespan and spread disease. Even Councilman
Ortiz opposed the pride festival when he ran for office last year.
Last of all, Mayor Trujillo has repeatedly attacked, shamed,
and defamed Downey residents, and in these council chambers. He has called
residents “idiots,” “Gaza people,” and now he calls them a “hate group.”
This is disgusting behavior from an elected official who is
supposed to represent all residents. I think such conduct deserves a motion of
censure from this body. No elected official should be allowed to attack and
shame city residents, the people whom he is supposed to serve.
