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On the afternoon of January 16, 2001, 16-year-old Elliott Corbett, then a sophomore, currently a junior, at Woodbury High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, was told by an assistant principal that a female student had registered a complaint against a sweatshirt he had worn to school that day. The girl represented a group of homosexual and lesbian students offended by the "Straight Pride" logo embossed on the front of the shirt, and a picture of a stick man and woman holding hands on the back.According to Elliott and his parents, Kendal and Lana Corbett, the shirt was not intended to ...

In this day it seems as though the only time society accepts the role of clergy in public ministry is when it comes time for marrying and burying. Oh, let's not forget the importance of the Reverend to say his piece at baby dedications, baptisms, administering the sacraments, visiting the sick and blessing the meal.But when the man of God stands firm, with Bible in hand and preaches "thus saith the Lord" in the public square, there is a change in public sentiment. When the preacher starts rebuking, reproaching and correcting, people start to get uncomfortable. This is when people ...

My apology to good, decent, vow honoring Catholic Priests but I've just returned from another gay rights hearing in Augusta. Late in 1997 our governor, Angus King, signed a "special rights" for sexual orientation bill into law. The people of Maine formed a coalition and gathered 65,000 petition signatures to repeal special rights. We were successful.Now the old monster is rising up again, this time the Roman Catholic Diocese in Portland Me. is leading the charge. The bill LD2239 is the same special rights bill we overturned, incognito. It has been re-packaged to sell better to the unsuspecting sheeple. The ...