“[San Antonio’s] City Council is expected to approve changing the name of Gay Street to Second Baptist Way… City officials are going out of their way to stress that the renaming of Gay Street has nothing to do with the current usage of the word ‘gay’ as a synonym for ‘homosexual.’ Officials say the goal is to boost the profile of Second Baptist Church, a formerly all-Black congregation which has been at the location since the 1890s… Second Baptist Park is near the corner of Commerce and Gay Streets.” [WOAI]
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Bitch Republic
The Baptist church is at Gay Commerce!?? 😉
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Vinman
Yeah right!
brad
why don’t they change the name of “commerce street?”
Erick
Ok, those are a lot of ironic coincidences. But why would they need to change the name of the street to bring attention to the landmark?
Brad
I live in San Antonio currently, and there’s no way they could change the name of Commerce St. because it’s an important road that runs right through downtown. Still, I really doubt that the Gay Street name change has nothing to do with its relation to homosexuality. Especially if there are Baptists involved. We have a Bible Street but Gay Street is surely out the door.