Following a controversy over the 1993 staging of Terrence McNally’s Lips Together, Teeth Apart at Marietta’s Theatre in the Square, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners passed an anti-gay resolution condemning what it called “gay lifestyles.” Commissioners stated that they would not fund activities that violated “community standards” and passed a separate resolution revoking Theatre in the Square’s $40,000 annual grant.
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