It wasn’t just another church that Mayor Dean Trantalis honored last month. It was a church he had picketed against 30 years ago over anti-gay rhetoric from its late founder. And for that, he has been ...

A church known for its historically anti-gay stance was honored with a special proclamation from the city of Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday night, setting off a firestorm of protest from gay activists.

Dean Trantalis went out on a limb. Fort Lauderdale’s gay mayor honored the anti-LGBTQ church, Coral Ridge Presbyterian, with a flowery city proclamation. Without merit, he said that they had reformed.