The director of the Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center wants to know why three Southwest Michigan lawmakers did not sign a proclamation honoring a Kalamazoo woman who worked with LGBT students at Western Michigan University.

State Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker, R-Lawton, State Rep. Margaret O’Brien, R-Portage, and House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, did not sign a state proclamation for Sarah Stangl, former coordinator for Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Student Services at WMU. The three legislators signed proclamations for four other women honored during a banquet Thursday for the

"If this is some sort of statement, I think it's petty," said Zachary Bauer, executive director for the Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center.

He said he wonders why the only person in the group who worked with LGBT people was "not given the same treatment as everyone else." If it was a mistake or oversight, Bauer said, then Schuitmaker, O'Brien and Bolger should sign the proclamation for Stangl now.

The Kalamazoo Gazette has been unable to reach the three lawmakers or YWCA officials for comment this morning.

Signatures of State Rep. Sean McCann, D-Kalamazoo, and Gov. Rick Snyder were the only two signatures on Stangl's proclamation, according to McCann. He said Bolger signed an earlier proclamation for Stangl, but would not put his name on the final version.

Such proclamations are common in the Legislature and "it's very much normal operating procedure" for lawmakers to sign them when someone from their area is honored, McCann said.

Fritz Klug is a government reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette. Contact him at fklug@mlive.com or 269-370-0584. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+