Courtesy of Huffington Post Black Voices
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal won’t be endorsing one high school’s effort to have its first integrated prom — at least for the time being, his spokesman said.
In an email to WMAZ-TV, Deal’s representative Brian Robinson said the governor would not respond to a progressive nonprofit group’s calls to support students’ efforts to organize the first integrated prom at Wilcox County High School.
“This is a leftist front group for the state Democratic Party and we’re not going to lend a hand to their silly publicity stunt,” Robinson wrote, according to WMAZ-TV.
Yet three Republican state representatives have joined four Democrats in endorsing the integrated prom, according to Better Georgia, the group that called for Deal to also support the idea.
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