@snoot Well, you're a hero for heading that effort up, for sure. Hopefully you can get some counter-support to show up? Not that that would reduce the circus nature at all. 🙃
Local politics and be contentious and gross even without the homophobia angle. Bleh.
Good luck and I wish you strength. Afterward, maybe you can curl up with a good book in a quiet room alone for a week to recharge. 😜 That's what would do it for me, anyway.