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   Seattle’s LGBTQ Commission is demanding the city’s openly gay   
   mayor resign immediately following allegations that he sexually   
   abused his teenage foster son and three others in the 1980s.   
      
   In a scathing letter sent to Mayor Ed Murray on Monday, the   
   commission referenced a child welfare report filed with the   
   state and published by The Seattle Times that seemed to indicate   
   that Murray sexually abused his foster son Jeff Simpson when he   
   was a teenager.   
      
   Murray has strongly pushed back on the claims and labeled them   
   homophobic – something the city’s LGBTQ commission took issue   
   with.   
      
   “We perceive your attempt to dismiss these claims as a   
   ‘politically motivated’ monolithic issue of homophobia to be a   
   maneuver that is divisive and damaging to our community,” the   
   letter said. “Claiming homophobic intent to shield yourself from   
   accountability and erase the experiences of survivors of sexual   
   abuse is silencing, manipulative, and morally repugnant.”   
      
   The commission said the mayor’s response to the allegations have   
   been “harmful and inappropriate.”   
      
   No criminal charges were ever filed in connection with the May   
   20, 1984 Oregon Child Protective Services report, though the   
   report recommended that “under no circumstances should Mr.   
   Murray be certified” as a foster parent in the future.   
      
   The three other boys who claimed they were sexually abused   
   ranged in age from 13 to about 15 years old.   
      
   CALLS GROW FOR SEATTLE MAYOR TO RESIGN AFTER SEXUAL ABUSE REPORT   
      
   The disturbing details of the report have several city leaders   
   calling for Murray to resign ahead of the November election.   
      
   “Noting both that you are the first openly gay Mayor of Seattle,   
   and that many individuals on the Seattle LGBTQ Commission were   
   appointed by you, we do not take our decision to call for your   
   resignation lightly,” the letter said. “While some may say that   
   you should be given the opportunity to serve out the remainder   
   of your term, we feel that would be inadequate. With both moral   
   and pragmatic motivations, we feel we must call for your   
   resignation."   
      
   Last week, current mayoral candidate Jessyn Ferrell and former   
   Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn called for Murray to step down.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/25/seattles-lgbtq-   
   commission-demands-gay-mayor-resign-after-abuse-claims.html   
           
      
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