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Mass. student attacked for supporting gay rights [boston.com]

February 19, 2012

Authorities are trying to identify two people who attacked a writer for the student-run newspaper at Massachusetts’ largest state university because of an opinion piece she wrote in support of same-sex marriage.

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  • 1. Straight Dave  |  February 19, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    My daughter graduated from this school and told us last night it is a very mellow campus and very gay-tolerant. Something like this would be quite an aberration. They even have an officially supported and staffed GLBTA Pride Center, http://www.bridgew.edu/GLBTA, which is more than just a typical student club. There is proactive involvement and leadership by faculty and administration in a Diversity Council and Pride Coalition.

    The sad news is that, even in a place like this, located in the first state to legalize SSM 8 years ago, crap like this can happen over something as simple as a fairly mild editorial, here – http://www.bsccomment.com/opinion/prop-8-generate…. All students need to be able to relax and be themselves. An incident like this can put a big dent in their confidence and sense of safety. God knows what less progressive states must be like.

  • 2. Straight Dave  |  February 19, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    More details here… http://www.bsccomment.com/news/comment-staff-memb…

    The Comment will continue to update its Website at http://www.bsccomment.com as the story develops. Full coverage will appear in the paper's next issue on March. 1

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