A Florida agency is now allowing the city of Sarasota to light up a local bridge for Pride Month, after initially denying the request
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The John Ringling Causeway, a half-mile bridge that extends over the Sarasota Bay, will be decked out in the colors of the rainbow next week in celebration of Sarasota's LGBTQ community."In Florida, our LGBTQ community understandably feels under attack lately and this issue has become a symbolic yet meaningful stand for tolerance and inclusiveness in our community," Sarasota Mayor Hagen Brody wrote in an email to CNN.
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