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2 weeks ago | baywindows.com | Dana Rudolph

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on April 22 in a case about whether parents' religious freedom is violated if they can't opt-out their children before books with LGBTQ+ content are read in the classroom. Most media coverage of the case indicates that the majority-conservative court will rule in favor of the plaintiff parents. While we can't know for sure, here's what I do know. If the court finds for the plaintiffs in the case, Mahmoud v.

3 weeks ago | baywindows.com | Irene Monroe

DignityUSA is the world's oldest organization of LGBTQIA+ Catholics. Since 1969, the organization has advocated for change in the Roman Catholic Church. For three weeks in October, Catholics from around the world came to Rome for the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to discuss a range of topics confronting the present-day Church as it prepares to govern itself in the future. Among the many Catholics was Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of DignityUSA since 2007.

4 weeks ago | baywindows.com | Dana Rudolph

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on April 22 about whether parents have the right to opt out their children before LGBTQ+-inclusive books are read in public school classrooms. It's about more than just books, however, as newly filed amicus briefs show. The case began when Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland added several LGBTQ+-inclusive picture books to its supplemental curriculum in 2022.

4 weeks ago | baywindows.com | Billy Masters

"What in the faggotry are you talking about?"—Gayle King quotes a Matteo Lane joke to his face. While many people have their panties in a bunch over Gayle's use of the word "faggotry", Matteo gets the last word. "I love you Gayle King". Détente. That was the word Patti LuPone used when she reunited with Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber at the 2018 Grammys. Maybe it's something about New York City, because another notable détente just took place there—this one between Sir Elton John and Madonna.

4 weeks ago | baywindows.com | Richard Rosendall

What's your deportable offense? You might think I would be worried. After all, my 2015 year-in-review was titled "Year of the Arsonist," the arsonist being Mr. Trump. It was illustrated by a photo of the 1933 Reichstag fire. I have been no kinder since. Thus you might wonder when I will be dragged off to a torture prison in El Salvador. Why would our bold, world-straddling ruler be concerned with an obscure scribbler? He recently slighted the country of Lesotho, which he said no one ever heard of.