Oliver Callan: I was a gay Boo Radley 1980s Monaghan – The Irish Tim

Contents:

• WHAT SUT AND BOO RADLEY TEACH ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• OLIVER CALLAN: I WAS A GAY BOO RADLEY 1980S MONAGHAN

WHAT SUT AND BOO RADLEY TEACH ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

Rob Portman of Oh is beg cricized for swchg his stance on gay marriage after learng one of his sons is gay.

Now that he knows and lov someone who might someday want to enter to a gay marriage, ’s a new do have to be his kid, his fay, his life orr for him to see the human si of a basic civil rights issue, some are askg. Native Amerins, Ain-Amerins, Che people, Jewish people and gay people have all been hioly portrayed.

OLIVER CALLAN: I WAS A GAY BOO RADLEY 1980S MONAGHAN

I still remember the first time I heard the word “gay”. And so, like most of our persuasn, the first time I heard the word “gay” was as a term of abe.

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