Update:
Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers has issued an apology for a Facebook post that referenced “killing out” gay and transgender people, socialists and “baby killers.”
Chambers told the AP he’s sorry for suggesting anyone be killed and did not intend to target the LGBTQ community.
Chambers has not responded to AL.com’s request for comment.
Earlier:
The mayor of a small Alabama town is defending his social media posts about gay and transgender people, socialists and “baby killers,” including comments that reference “killing them out.”
Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers posted a comment to his personal Facebook page that echoed statements and memes currently circulating on social media. WBRC in Birmingham first reported the comments and Chambers’ statements.
Chambers wrote:
“We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us on human biology, baby killers lecture us on human rights and socialists lecture us on economics.”
