Apr 6, 2021 ALBANY (AP) An upstate New York county legislator resigned Monday after criticizing gay relationships as unsustainable, saying “give them an island, they’ll be gone in 40 years.” Albany County legislator George Langdon IV resigned less than a week after a video surfaced of him making the remark at a local retreat titled “A Return to Liberty under the Constitution,” prompting calls that he step down, according to the Times Union of Albany. “Everything God does is sustainable, it’s sustainable. It’s perpetual,” he said in the video. “Sorry, when you have homosexual relationships, it’s not perpetual. Give them an island, they’ll be gone in 40 years. Because God created us this way. There’s so much common sense that needs to be applied to our policies, our procedures that we do in our government.”
Legislator resigns after furor over remarks about gay people
April 5, 2021
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) An upstate New York county legislator resigned Monday after criticizing gay relationships as unsustainable, saying “give them an island, they’ll be gone in 40 years.”
Albany County legislator George Langdon IV resigned less than a week after a video surfaced of him making the remark at a local retreat titled “A Return to Liberty under the Constitution, prompting calls that he step down, according to the Times Union of Albany.
“Everything God does is sustainable, it’s sustainable. It’s perpetual, he said in the video. Sorry, when you have homosexual relationships, it’s not perpetual. Give them an island, they’ll be gone in 40 years. Because God created us this way. There’s so much common sense that needs to be applied to our policies, our procedures that we do in our government.”
All women s ticket in Coeymans hopes to rebuke insular government
Democrats reject politics like those of county legislator who made anti-gay remarks
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Cindy Rowzee, middle, is running for Town Supervisor. Sara Pruiksma, left, and Yvonne Shackleton, right, are both vying for town council.ContributedShow MoreShow Less
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Carver Laraway, left, owner of the Port of Coeymans and Coeymans Supervisor Steve Flach during ground breaking ceremonies for a new bridge over the Coeymans Creek near the Port of Coeymans Thursday August 14, 2014, in Coeymans, NY. Flach narrowly lost in a contentious re-election as voters had concerns the supervisor was too favorable to Laraway. In March 2021, Flach - as head of Camp Pinnacle in New Scotland - hosted a constitutional liberty event where Albany County Legislator George Langdon IV made homophobic comments. (John Carl D Annibale / Times Union)John Carl D AnnibaleShow MoreShow Less
Rally to call for Albany County legislator to resign
Gathering Friday in response to George Langdon IV homophobic comments
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People gather to take part in a candlelight vigil outside of Rocks bar on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. The vigil was held to show support for those injured and to remember those killed in the mass shooting at the nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Another rally is scheduled for April 2, 2021 to call for an Albany County legislator to resign after he said homophobic statements at a constitutional liberty seminar. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) Show MoreShow Less
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ALBANY A city nonprofit that supports youth and the LGBTQ community is organizing a rally Friday outside Rocks bar on Central Avenue to call for an Albany County legislator to resign after he made homophobic comments at a constitutional liberty seminar last weekend.