U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry suggts that electn that gave his alma mater, Texas A&M, s first openly gay stunt body print was "stolen"
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RICK PERRY CRICIZ ELECTN OF GAY TEXAS A&M STUNT LEAR
AUSTIN, Texas -- Energy Secretary Rick Perry, whose agency overse the natn’s nuclear arsenal, is sertg himself to an unually small polil dispute: an electn for stunt body print at Texas A& an op-ed submted to the Hoton Chronicle, the former Texas ernor suggted that his alma mater’s first openly gay print may have stolen the oute. ” In , he qutned whether sexual preference is termed at birth or is a matter of personal choice, while notg he don’t believe “nmng homosexuals that I know personally.
As recently as four years ago, Perry said he hoped the anizatn wouldn’t change s then-longstandg policy prohibg gay membership, sayg the Suts ntue “to be unr attack om the forc of secularism” and that “to have popular culture impact 100 years of their standards is appropriate. ”The anizatn has sce reversed urse, allowg openly gay members and liftg a ban on openly gay Sut lears.
Sarah Kate Ellis, print and CEO of the gay rights group GLAAD, rpond to Perry’s accatns via Twter sayg, “Some advice for SecretaryPerry: Kids like Bobby Brooks are the future, and should be enuraged, not harassed. ”THE DAY’S BESTCONNOR KACSOR: The Dayton senr nng back shed 34 tim for a team-rerd 301 yards and sred a touchdown to help the host Flyers hold off Geetown, RUSH AND THOMAS RAWLS: Rh, a sophomore quarterback, threw for two touchdowns, and Rawls, a senr nng back, ran for two more, givg Central Michigan a surprisg 38-17 victory at Purdue.