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Queens fifth grader Kameron Slade was prohibited from giving a speech supporting same-sex marriage when he competed in a school-wide competition. His mother, who doesn’t want to be identified, said the principal told her the topic is inappropriate. “For him to be denied the right to voice his opinion really upsets me,” she said. “I was really looking forward to …

Pride Magazine 2012 is online in its entirety. Click on the link and hit full-screen to click through the title page by page. And keep an eye out for a piece (page 77) from our own Father Tony!

A Florida literacy teacher has been charged with child abuse after telling students to cut each other in order to allow the release of the demons which infected them. Police say Danielle Harkins, 35, told half a dozen teens that they had demons inside them and the only way to get them out was to slice open their skin and …

“General Mills makes billions marketing cereal to parents of young children. It has now effectively declared a war on marriage with its own customers when it tells the country that it is opposed to preserving traditional marriage, which is what the Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment does. This will go down as one of the dumbest corporate PR stunts of all …

“We do not believe the proposed constitutional amendment is in the best interests of our employees or our state economy. We value diversity. We value inclusion. Obviously, there are strongly held views on both sides. We acknowledge those views, including those on religious grounds. We respect and defend the right of others to disagree. But we truly value diversity and …

The president had 270 electoral votes last week.

Despite his rejection by Virginia General Assembly, openly gay prosecutor Tracy Thorne-Begland has been appointed to the district court bench. Thorne-Begland, whose appointment by Richmond Circuit Court judges will begin July 1, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch, “I am humbled by the circuit court’s decision.” “I look forward to serving the citizens of the city of Richmond as a jurist and, …

“Despite the opposition of every major faith group — notably the Catholic Church — [Prime Minister] Cameron is arrogantly pressing ahead with an issue which excites his chums in the metropolitan elite, but which disregards the sentiments of millions of ordinary people who, as poll after poll has shown, are against it. Even some of the Prime Minister’s admirers concede …