New Hampshire town manager resigns over anti-gay controversy
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The town manager of Littleton, New Hampshire, where the population has grown more diverse, resigned in protest of anti-LGBTQ sentiment from a member of the town board and others.
"My son is not an abomination," Jim Gleason told the selectboard in January, to a standing ovation, when he announced his last day was Friday. He accused Gendreau of creating a toxic work environment by repeatedly making derogatory comments about gay people. Friday also was Gendreau's deadline to file for reelection to the board, but she didn't, so her three-year term ends in March.
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