Mo. county expects to rescind plan to 'mourn' gay marriage decision

A county commission in Missouri is expected to rescind its plan to observe a year of "mourning" for the Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage, according to local news outlet The Salem News.

Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles said the commission will now meet to rescind the decision "out of respect for veterans and those currently serving in the military," The Salem News reported.

The three-person commission in Dent County, Mo., made national news Monday when they unanimously voted in favor of lowering the flag outside the county courthouse and judicial building on the 26th of each month for one year.

The lowered flag was intended to remind citizens of the "despicable Supreme Court travesty" that legalized same-sex marriage on June 26, 2015, according to The Salem News.

In response to the initial vote, 26-year-old resident Alex Sellers started an online petition asking the commission to rescind its decision, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. As of Tuesday morning there were more than 1,000 signatures.

"I wanted it out there that we're not all a bunch of closed-minded individuals mourning the Supreme Court decision," Sellers told the Dispatch. "This is not just a backward place. There's another side of this."

The committee was expected to meet on Tuesday or Wednesday to formally rescind the order, according to TheSalem News.

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