{"id":33483,"date":"2024-08-01T18:30:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T18:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=33483"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:36:23","slug":"township-committee-raises-pride-flag-celebrating-the-lgbtq-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=33483","title":{"rendered":"Township Committee Raises Pride Flag Celebrating the LGBTQ+ Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cranford Community gathered Monday, June 10, as the Pride Flag was raised on the flagpole at the Municipal Building to celebrate Pride Month and support the LGBTQ+ community. <\/em><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event had the largest turnout the township had seen, in a year when the community came together to support a Downtown Cranford store after it was threatened in an anonymous letter for displaying a Pride Flag in its storefront window. \u201cWe are defined by how we as a community responded,\u201d Mayor Andrew said at the Pride flag-raising ceremony.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy heart is full seeing everyone here today,\u201d Mayor Brian Andrews began during the Pride Flag ceremony. \u201cThe pride flag shows our values and recognizes the discrimination the LGBTQ+ community has faced and continues to face. It is to honor members of the community and their allies who fought for dignity and equal protection. And show everyone in this town they are welcome,\u201d Mayor Andrews said.<\/p>\n

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One role the Mayor of Cranford takes part in is as a wedding officiate. Commissioner Kathleen Miller Prunty recalled when she officiated the marriage between John McGovern and Abe Sandel, who are now the proud fathers of a son and daughter. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled we live in a community where it doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s two dads, two moms, a dad, a mom, you are a family, you are all part of the Cranford family,\u201d Ms. Miller Prunty said.<\/p>\n

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Cranford dad John McGovern, born and raised in Cranford, signaled the importance of raising a pride flag in the township. Ally-ship is an important part of Pride Month, Mr. McGovern said. \u201cWe are grateful for your support, which is vital to our continued struggles in reaching full equality,\u201d he said. Continued education about the LGBTQ+ community and their struggles will help to ensure the younger generation can be their true authentic selves, Mr. McGovern concluded.<\/p>\n

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The Cranford Community gathered Monday, June 10, as the Pride Flag was raised on the flagpole at the Municipal Building to celebrate Pride Month and support the LGBTQ+ community. This year\u2019s event had the largest turnout the township had seen, in a year when the community came together to support a Downtown Cranford store after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"post_flags":[],"class_list":["post-33483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-westfield-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33484,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33483\/revisions\/33484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33483"},{"taxonomy":"post_flag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_flags&post=33483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}