Author Melanie Hoffert grew up gay ral Ameri, where g out was difficult. But that hasn't stopped her fay om havg a ank and challengg nversatn about same-sex marriage.
Contents:
- A NORTH DAKOTA FAY BREAKS THE SILENCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
- NORTH DAKOTA SEEKS DISMISSAL OF GAY MARRIAGE SU
- LUTHERAN COUPLE RIDICULED FOR OPPOSG GAY MARRIAGE FILE DEFAMATN SU AGAST ELCA
- RAD CONNECTS NORTH DAKOTA RINTS DIVID ON GAY RIGHTS
- N.D. DEBAT UPDATG GAY MARRIAGE IN STATE CONSTUTN
A NORTH DAKOTA FAY BREAKS THE SILENCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
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Conversatns about homosexualy and g out uld easily take place almost anywhere — but not here ral North Dakota. It n be even harr for a fay alg wh nflictg emotns about a loved one who's gay. Today, that's what giv her passn to unrstand others who want to change her bee she's gay, she says.
In ral North Dakota, where Melanie Hoffert grew up on her fay farm, discsg subjects like homosexualy and same-sex marriage is often nsired taboo.
"And she mentned that she was gay, or lbian, whichever word [she] ed. ' The reason beg, I don't like the word lbian [or] gay. Kathy says she thks that led to a misunrstandg, which Melanie thought her mom didn't believe she was gay.
NORTH DAKOTA SEEKS DISMISSAL OF GAY MARRIAGE SU
Gay marriage Fargo isn’t regnised, but seven mut away Mnota, is. As a legal challenge plays out urts, the two ci held their annual jot gay pri para, reports <strong>Domic Rhe</strong> * gay marriage in north dakota *
"I probably ma pretty hard for her to tell me, I thk, bee I had maybe ma negative ments about gays, " he says. "I wouldn't say I was anti-gay or anythg like that, but I would joke along wh everyone else if someone threw out a gay joke, I gus.
LUTHERAN COUPLE RIDICULED FOR OPPOSG GAY MARRIAGE FILE DEFAMATN SU AGAST ELCA
Six upl filed a feral lawsu agast South Dakota's gay marriage ban today, leavg North Dakota as the only state the untry wh an unchallenged same-sex marriage ban. * gay marriage in north dakota *
Melanie's other sister--law, Julia, says she's stggled wh the ia of gay marriage. The imprsn we left wh was this: April lov Melanie, but feels nflicted about her own beliefs — like many people who are g to terms wh a gay relative. For the first time this year the rabow flags set out for Fargo Moorhead’s annual gay pri para stretched up Broadway to mark the lamp posts outsi the massive Lutheran and Catholic church facg each other across Seventh Street.
“I had some lls about that, ” said Josh Boschee, Fargo’s District 44 reprentative and the first openly gay man to be elected to the North Dakota Hoe of Reprentativ. Homosexualy general, and gay marriage particular, are hot topics North Dakota.
RAD CONNECTS NORTH DAKOTA RINTS DIVID ON GAY RIGHTS
Montana on Wednday joed 28 other stat wh legal battl over gay marriage, while same-sex upl Pennsylvania spent their first full day applyg for marriage licens knowg the ernor wouldn't stand their way. * gay marriage in north dakota *
The state do not even regnise sexualy as a tegory of discrimatn, makg legal to fire someone for beg gay or to refe to rent a property to them.
N.D. DEBAT UPDATG GAY MARRIAGE IN STATE CONSTUTN
The two ci have shared an annual gay pri para for more than a , and rints of the regn don’t really nsir the two towns as separate. That amendment, and siar measur stat across the US, me amid a backlash agast gay marriage that proved popular wh voters at the time.
”A lot has changed terveng 10 years, sped up even more so sce last June when the US supreme urt stck down the Defense of Marriage Act (Doma), the Clton-era legislatn that blocked feral regnn of gay marriage. Sce then, state and feral urts have been flood wh legal challeng to other gay-marriage bans. Experts believe at least one of the s uld reach the US supreme urt as soon as next move slowly North Dakota, says Haarstick, who never expected to be at the foreont of the gay rights movement.
“Hontly I never thought we’d have gay marriage.