MAY 16, 2008
rado’s ban on same-sex marriages.
Schroeder told The Rocky Mountain News that
the verdict did not surprise her and that she’d
“absolutely do it again.” Each woman paid $41 in
court costs and will serve 28 hours of community
service.
Bums told the newspaper, “It’s an honor to
serve a sentence for something that may help im
prove our community.”
To aiï of our sofcfiers...
past and present,
Happy MemoriaC <Day!
tory, the nominee, who has a reputation for being
supportive of issues affecting equality, asked Neal
supporters to join her camp, reportedly saying, “I
certainly need their support.”
TENNESSEE
Principal Outs Gay Couple
In an attempt to declare war on public dis
plays of affection, one principal outed a discreet
gay couple.
NORTH CAROLINA
In September 2007, the principal of Hollis F.
Gay Candidate Unsupported
Price Middle School in Memphis, Tenn., com
by Gay Rights Groups
piled a list of all student couples, which she posted
Some gay rights supporters in North Carolina
publicly on her desk.
say openly gay U.S. Senate candidate Jim Neal
Two male students, who had recently began
was left out in the cold by influential advocacy
a relationship and managed to keep it below the
groups.
radar of other students, are now being represent
Neal, who ran to oppose sitting Republican
ed by the American Civil Liberties Union. De
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, lost the Democratic pri spite reports that the boys were honor students
mary May 6 to Kay Hagan, a North Carolina state
not in violation of any school policies, the prin
legislator who was recruited by the Democratic
cipal phoned one boy’s mother, revealing that
Party to run against Dole.
he was gay and commenting that she didn’t like
The Human Rights Campaign declined to
homosexuals.
endorse either candidate, and the organization’s
According to 365Gay.com, both students
executive director, Joe Solmonese, told Edge, “Jim
have endured verbal harassment from students
Neal is certainly someone who a lot of people have
and teachers since the principal’s action, and
really been following here in Washington as an
one of the boys, who submitted extensive paper
openly gay candidate, but our community down in
work and several teacher recommendations for a
North Carolina is really rather split between him
school trip to New Orleans to assist in rebuilding
and Kay Hagan.”
projects, lost the oppor
The Victory Fund
tunity to attend despite
also failed to endorse
his history of community
Neal, whom support
service. Instead, another
ers have described as a
student who didn’t apply
grassroots progressive.
for the trip was selected
A week prior to the
to go. A teacher report
primary election, the
edly told the boy some
candidates were report
faculty members were
edly neck in neck, but
afraid he might “embar
Hagan took 60 percent
rass the school” or en
of the vote on Election
gage in “inappropriate
Day. Some say this was
behavior.” The boy fears
in large part because
the incident will hurt his
Hagan’s budget allowed
chances of attending col
for television advertis
lege someday.
ing. Many say key queer
The ACLU sent the
endorsements and the
school board a letter de
financial support that
manding that the princi
Some speculate gay U.S. Senate candidate
pal
be reprimanded. ©
comes with them would
have given Neal a fight
ing chance.
Since Hagan’s vic-
jUStfiUt I 21
Jim Neal might not have lost the North
Carolina Democratic primary had he
received endorsements from gay rights
groups.
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