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Re: Gay Marriage News and Discussion Thread - Part 2
Woman Fined For Discrimination Against Gays
Mayoral Candidate Arrested For Defacing 2 Gay Landmarks in Dallas, TX
Texas Bars Lesbian Student From Performing 'Promposal'
Woman Fined For Discrimination Against Gays
Richland, Washington florist Barronelle Stutzman has been fined $1000 plus $1 for court costs and fees for her refusal back in 2013 to provide flowers for a longtime customer's wedding to his same-sex partner because of her "relationship with Jesus Christ."
Mayoral Candidate Arrested For Defacing 2 Gay Landmarks in Dallas, TX
Richard Sheridan (below), 66, who is running for mayor in May, is charged with vandalizing the Legacy of Love Monument (above) and the Cathedral of Hope (below) last June.
The monument, in the heart of Dallas' gayborhood, and the church — known as the world's largest LGBT congregation — were among 12 sites in the city vandalized with "the number of the beast" in red paint.
However, Sheridan thus far is charged in only two of the incidents. A grand jury indicted Sheridan for a state jail felony, punishable by up to two years behind bars. If prosecutors treat the case as an anti-gay hate crime, the charges could be enhanced to a third-degree felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Texas Bars Lesbian Student From Performing 'Promposal'
Casey Akers (above), 16, planned to jump out of a box with flowers on it (right) holding cookies and a sign that said, "Out of all these cookies, you're my favorite one. Prom?" The name of the girl Akers planned to invite to the prom is Cookie.
Akers said she got approval for the promposal from school administrators — until they found out she was inviting another girl.