Letters to Our Supposedly America-Hating, Communist-Loving, Just-Like-the-KKK, "Gay Gay Gay" Mayor

“Dear Adolph Murray,” begins one of the letters. James Yamasaki

Last month, Seattle mayor Ed Murray banned city-funded travel to Indiana after that state passed a “religious freedom” law making it easier to discriminate against LGBT people. Soon, a bunch of unhinged people were flooding Murray’s in-box. They ranted about his “gay agenda” and they threatened to never come to Seattle again. (Yes, please!) We got hold of the hate mail through a public records request and sifted through an amazing 376 e-mails calling Murray a “bully,” a “bigot,” and a “dildo,” while also accusing him of “catering to LGBT militants” and using his “gay persuasion” to rain a big gay storm of pro-gay legislation down on us all. (Murray has since rescinded the travel ban, not as a capitulation to the haters but because Indiana legislators amended the law to say it can’t be used to discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Murray called on Indiana to go further and pass a “comprehensive” antidiscrimination law like Washington State has. We’re waiting…) Still, the screeds are worth daylighting as a reminder that this absurdly hateful nonsense still exists—mostly outside of Seattle, thankfully, though some of the letters to Murray did come from within the city limits. Follow to link to a few of the best/worst. Enjoy!