Yuma mayor under fire for limp-wristed comments, weak apology

The mayor of Yuma, Ariz., Al Krieger, came under fire after a video of him calling gays in the military “a bunch of lacy-drawered, limp-wristed people” went viral online.

Krieger made the remark during a Memorial Day speech.

On June 11, Krieger apologized but simultaneously called the so-called gay lifestyle disagreeable and immoral.

“As mayor I must respect the lifestyle choices of others, no matter how disagreeable they are with my personal beliefs or my personal moral standards,” he told the Yuma Sun newspaper. “I apologize for my comments at the Memorial Day service at Desert Lawn cemetery on Memorial Day.”

Local gay activists said the apology was inadequate and that Krieger should meet with the gay community and start a healing process.

By Rex Wockner

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