On June 14, Mayor Terry Bellamy officially proclaimed June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month in Asheville. The month was already half over when the proclamation was made; authors Mel White and Wayne Besen had already inveighed against that ravening wolf at our door, Exodus International, with its “Reality of Grace” conference targeting […]
Author: James Dye
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Shuler’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell vote shows his ignorance
[Shuler's] disappointing vote on Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) reveals that [he is] either unaware of the U.S. armed forces' gains in civil rights or doubtful of our military's ability to adapt. At the end of World War II, Harry Truman gave the order for the troops to integrate. Although the order was unpopular, the […]