Former New Jersey mayor shares his side after removal from office over Pride flag controversy

(TND) — A former New Jersey mayor, who was voted out of office for opposing the Pride flag, joined The National Desk to give his side of the story.

"Last year, we had the same four Republicans and one Democrat on the committee. We decided we didn't want to put up any Pride flags, or any type of flags on the flag pole because we decided it wouldn't be a good idea to single out any group over the other," Perrin Mosca, former Rochelle Park Mayor, told Jan Jeffcoat during an interview on The National Desk Wednesday.

In a 4-0 vote, Mosca was forced out.

The Republican mayor believes the incident involving the Pride flag represents evil that's targeting children.

This group of people, in this country are trying to come after our children. That's the real reason we shouldn't be putting this flag up," Mosca, said.

He thinks his colleagues voted against him due to misinformation.

"I think they [Republican committee members] were misinformed. They think, maybe, they can get votes out of this, y'know something of that nature. Honestly, I think they were just misinformed how this was going to play out."

The flag stayed up throughout Pride month, according to Mosca.

Mosca, who is a teacher of 20 years, stands behind his beliefs.

"I feel like there is a coordinated attack on children in this country right now," he explained.

Mosca also cited a recent event that concerned him. "They admitted it. They said, 'we're here, we're queer, we're coming after your children.'"

Mosca plans to run again in the upcoming election.