Gray criticizes Fenty for issuing certificate honoring "ex gay" group

D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray, who is challenging Mayor Adrian Fenty in this year's mayoral race, issued this statement today:

Chairman Vince Gray Statement on Certificate of Appreciation Honoring PFOX

For Immediate Release: April 29, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Contact: Traci Hughes at (202) 682-4213 or traci@vincegrayformayor.com

(Washington, DC) -- Mayoral candidate and Council Chair Vince Gray today issued the following statement about Mayor Fenty’s Certificate of Appreciation honoring the work of Parents and Friends of ExGays and Gays:

"For the Mayor to issue a certificate of appreciation honoring an organization that has done so much to alienate so many is not only an insult to the LGBT community, it is yet another example of the insensitivity of his administration. It is an embarrassment to our city that he would make such an offensive mistake. It was the Mayor’s signature on the certificate, not a staff-member’s, and I hope the Mayor will personally take responsibility.”

Yep.

Update: Tim Craig at WaPo updates the story here. Joe.My.God blogs about it here. Adam Bink of Open Left blogs here. Right Wing Watch has it here. Advocate.com has a brief item here. Pink News covers the story from across the herring pond.