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Nora Roberts Gives $50K to Library

Post author By Beth Holmes
Post date September 5, 2022

Nora Roberts has donated $50,000 to support the library of Jamestown Township after its community voted to defund it over LGBT books. In August, Jamestown Township voters rejected a vote which would have continued most of the Patmos Library’s funding, because the library refused to cull LGBT books from their collection. According to the library […]

Tags censorship, GoFundMe, homophobia, jamestown township, nora roberts, patmos library

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Hamilton Donates Damages

Post author By Beth Holmes
Post date August 29, 2022

Hamilton is donating the damages they won from a Texas church who put on an unlicensed, homophobic version of the famous musical. Photo: LouiesWorld1 / Shutterstock.com

Hamilton is donating the damages they won from a Texas church that put on an unlicensed, homophobic version of the famous musical. The Door Christian Fellowship Ministries from McAllen, Texas got caught up in the Hamilton craze, like the rest of us. But they took things several steps too far. On August 5 and 6, […]

Tags door christian fellowship ministries, hamilton, homophobia, lin-manuel miranda, mcallen, south texas equality project, texas

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