A gay man was the only applicant for a town council seat. He lost anyway — because of his sexuality

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08/30/2024

After being the only applicant for a vacant seat on his village’s council, an Ohio man was still denied the position — and the council president’s reasoning was pretty blatant. David Nation, 41, moved to Waynesville over 16 years ago to be with his now-husband, and immediately fell in love with the quaint aesthetics of the town, which is home to just approximately 2,600 people. After more than a decade and a half in community service, Nation decided to apply to a seat on the Waynesville Village Council when it announced a vacancy on June 17, he toldThe Buckeye Flame. Nation applied weeks before the July 10 deadline the council set for applications, and remained the only applicant as the deadline passed, the outlet reports. Still, he was not sworn in at a July 15 council meeting, where president pro tempore Chris Colvin announced they would instead be interviewing four candidates: Nation, and three others who had not applied but were sought out after the deadline had passed.

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