Flags to be lowered in Pa. in memory of VanKirk
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Corbett has ordered United States and state flags to fly at half-staff at state facilities in Harrisburg and Northumberland County in honor of a Pennsylvania native who was the last surviving crew member of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

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BC Lions Create Gay Pride Version Of Logo, Feel Homophobic Internet Wrath
So the BC Lions made a rainbow flag version of their logo in honor of Gay Pride Weekend in Vancouver, and placed it on their Facebook page (logo seen below). Seems rather nice and innocuous. But before long, things started getting very homophobic on that page.

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Victoria Police apologise for Tasty raid
Victoria Police has apologised for the “extreme” and “disturbing” 1994 Tasty raid where more than 450 patrons at a Melbourne gay club were strip-searched.

www.brisbanetimes.com.au/victoria/victoria-police-apologise-for-tasty-raid-20140805-100gzg.html

Gay, Christian and … celibate: The changing face of the homosexuality debate
When Julie Rodgers came out as a lesbian at age 17, her mom responded by taking her to an ex-gay ministry in Dallas. Rodgers had grown up in a nondenominational evangelical church where she assumed being gay wasn’t an option. When Julie Rodgers came out …

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