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SCantiGOP

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20. Just a reminder

Reply to Angry Dragon (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 01:59 PM

Feb 2013

There are brave ethical liberals in every part of the country. Just because the right wing assholes outnumber us in the southern states doesn't mean there aren't a lot a people fighting like hell against them.

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Miss. Newspaper Owner Lets Homophobic Readers Have It Over Coverage of ‘Historic’ Same-Sex Wedding [View all] charlie and algernon Feb 2013 OP

A brave paper ......... it is a shame that it comes down to this Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #1

Just a reminder SCantiGOP Feb 2013 #20

This is great news. Thanks for posting it. freshwest Feb 2013 #2

Rec. progressoid Feb 2013 #3

Awesome! Naturally it's from a Jones County newspaper. intheflow Feb 2013 #4

Fun fact: Laurel is the childhood home of Lance Bass, alp227 Feb 2013 #8

Jones County is full of ultra-right Bible-beating Baptists. LuvNewcastle Feb 2013 #25

Well, the Coast is more liberal intheflow Feb 2013 #28

Our priorities are incredibly fucked up if we're more concerned about a same sex couple ... Initech Feb 2013 #5

Thanks fundamentalists. Such jerks, they can even ruin a wedding. :( shenmue Feb 2013 #6

MS being dragged into the New World Smilo Feb 2013 #7

Makes me want to subscribe...even though I don't live in Mississippi. Love the cotton fields & roads judesedit Feb 2013 #9

I love the update Skittles Feb 2013 #10

The newspaper owners wife was my moms' doctor during the last ten years of her life.... Rowdyboy Feb 2013 #11

I think they will Skittles Feb 2013 #12

Its so weird that I know these guys.....Even in Mississippi you can find good people Rowdyboy Feb 2013 #13

aw well heck, I'm in Texas Skittles Feb 2013 #19

that's awesome! charlie and algernon Feb 2013 #14

Do not acknowledge Teh Gay! Maybe if we close our eyes and cover our ears, Teh Gay will go away!!1! ck4829 Feb 2013 #15

Let's not call it "homophobia". Let's call it what it really is: HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #16

History repeats itself in the South (and elsewhere): Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #17

hahaha! Great observation! gtar100 Feb 2013 #18

I like the "Race mixing is Communist" sign. NYC Liberal Feb 2013 #29

I thought that same sex marriage was illegal in Mississippi. totodeinhere Feb 2013 #21

i was wondering about that too. n/t orleans Feb 2013 #27

"any decent newspaper with a backbone" Beartracks Feb 2013 #22

Thought the Repukes only got their newz from The Fix. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #23

woah, that was righteous! Catherine Vincent Feb 2013 #24

Wow. That must be an historic newspaper first for Mississippi. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #26