Elderly Texas couple want ‘Gay Drive’ to be renamed because the gays have ruined it
Residents in a Texas town are trying to get their road name changed from āGay Driveā ā because of homosexuality.
Elderly couple Maria and Mel Villarreal have lived on Gay Drive in Pharr for more than 40 years.
The pair say they really like living in the neighbourhood ā but donāt feel comfortable with the road name because āit just has that meaningā.
Mel Villarreal told CBS 4: āThe word āgayā used to be a word that the meaning was being jolly, being happy, and now theyāve added another meaning to it and they define themselves as āgay peopleā.
āI donāt have anything against gay people, itās just that it has that meaning.ā
Ms Villarreal added: āThe reason I wanted to change it is because I donāt like gay!
āMy kids never liked that name of the street. They were embarrassed.ā
The pair started a petition to change the name of the street to āLos Unicos Streetā after Mr Villarrealās former Tejano band.
Nearly all of the Gay Drive residents were onboard with the idea, which the couple took to the Pharr City Commission.
However, the proposals were struck down by commissioners by a vote of 6-1 last month.
The commissioners ruled that there is no good reason to change the name ā which ācould affect emergency service responsesā.
The Villarreals have since called for a compromise between āGayā and āLos Unicosā. Personally weāre big fans of Gay Unicorn Driveā¦
The people of Gay, Georgia have faced the opposite problem ā theyāre insisting on keeping the townās historic name, despite pressure to rename it.
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