As gays plan parade, city's inaction in focus
Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Gay and lesbian high school students and their supporters will march through idyllic downtown Los Altos at noon Sunday, an event that may be as much a protest of the city council as a celebration of gay pride.

The parade culminates more than two years of debate between the council and members of the Gay-Straight Alliance at Los Altos High School over whether the city of 27,000 should take a position on gay and lesbian rights.

In February, the council tried to forestall debate by voting to never issue any proclamations pertaining to sexual orientation, although two years ago it had proclaimed a Gay Pride Day.
That vote divided the town. the rest