removal of my page I have noticed that my page has already been deleted and before I had a chance to respond That is not fair I thought I had seven days obviously something is wrong I have read all the comments Here is my response 1 I admit I am a newbie and perhaps I didn t follow proper procedures I find the instructions on Wikipedia written for computer nerds but not for the average person like me So I am doing my best to understand and anyone who has valid concerns I am willing to read and respond accordingly 2 That said Let me make some preliminary remarks first I do not know any of the people who are making these concerns I don t know if you are gay or straight Whether you are a leader in gay rights movement or whether you were a large contributor to the Prop 8 campaign I don t know whether you are saying nay because you honestly do not feel my achievements are not worthy or whether you have a bias against gays and don t want Wikipedia to show anything which would put gays in positive light One of the people who responded was a minister I don t see his comments now for some reason Now I know that there are many denominations which are supportive of the gay community such as Quakers Unitarians United Church of Christ Metropolitan Community Churches and Reform Jews But there are many denominations which have caused a lot of pain to the gay community such as Mormons Southern Baptists and Assembly of God So I don t know where you are coming from I do not mind making some editing changes but I do not want to be removed because of homophobes who has a bias against gays So let s take a look at some of the concerns 1 Polly said that I said I was the first gay school board member and she didn t think that was correct She is right It isn t correct because that is not what I said I am the first gay person in the country to win a seat on an elementary school board I was also the very first gay person to be elected to a school board below college level in California Someone said where is the verification I am not sure what verification you need however you can verify what I said from a book called Out for Office which was published by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund If there other things that you need to be verified let me know and I will provide that Someone said that being the first gay school board member why is that so significant Please refer to the Wikipedia page for Harvey Milk He served in office less than a year before he was killed by a homophobe He was elected to the city council of that city As the Wikipedia page says he was elected as the first gay man in California I have served on a school board for over 20 years Are you saying that a gay person who served less than a year is more important than a gay person who has served for over 20 So how can I appeal the decision to have me removed Please respond to rosevillegarymiller yahoo com