Showing posts with label Borough Green Parish Council. Ian Bangay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Borough Green Parish Council. Ian Bangay. Show all posts

Friday, 15 May 2015

A Gay Couple Thinks The Name Of Their Road 'Bangays Way' Is Homophobic And They Want It Changed

Mike, the chairman of borough green parish council
This is not the joke of the century or an excerpt from a movie, this is real, and it's happening in Kent, England (The Garden Of England).  A gay couple, Philip and Ian Tucker thinks the name of their road 'Bangays Way' is homophobic and they want the road renamed. The case is on going with Borough Green Parish Council.

Even though the road is named after a late local historian and a very popular person in the locality 'Frank Bangay', the gay couple are still trying to fight the name change. One of Frank Bangay's children, Ian Bangay said to ITV that they have faith in the people of the locality to fight the fight
“For some reason a villager has expressed the view that the name Bangays Way may be taken as homophobic.