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A South Florida town manager who married a porn star last year was fired at an emergency meeting after the mayor and council members learned about it.

Fort Myers Beach town council voted 5-0 to fire Scott Janke “without cause” after Mayor Larry Kiker called the Tuesday night meeting.

Kiker told the News-Press of Fort Myers he learned that afternoon that Janke’s wife is an adult film star, and the elected officials took the action a few hours later.

“We did everything we could not to judge,” Kiker told the paper. “It’s not about him and her. It’s about the town.”

Adult Industry News recently reported that Janke’s wife, Anabela Mota Janke, goes by the stage name Jazella Moore.

Kiker said a clause in Janke’s contract permitted the council to fire him with a majority vote….

Kiker acknowledged that Janke had violated no rules or laws and added that he had done a good job for the island town….

Councilman Tom Babcock, responding to residents’ questions, said at a council meeting Wednesday that Janke was fired because his wife’s profession brought an inaccurate image to Fort Myers Beach, according to the News-Press.

Just what we need, government based on what-will-the-neighbors-think.

Bigotry and intolerance take many forms. Being from the south, I am well familiar with the Christian practice of “not judging people.” According to the article, it took only a few hours for them not to judge. Believe me, I’ve met these people over and over again in my life. They don’t see the hypocrisy. They see themselves as nice people. Amazing, but true.