Given the angry tenor of the current local debate on homosexuality -- first with Operation Rescue's attacks on Disney, then the Orlando City Council's split over rainbow flags downtown -- the city's invitation to the opening of the East Washington Street Beautification Project seemed just a bit ill-timed. Said the invite targeting the gay-friendly residents and businesses of the Thornton Park neighborhood: "Come on OUT."
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