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.
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- A NORTH DAKOTA FAY BREAKS THE SILENCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
- A NORTH DAKOTA FAY BREAKS THE SILENCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
- WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
A NORTH DAKOTA FAY BREAKS THE SILENCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
Five years ago, the Uned Stat Supreme Court voted to legalize gay marriage all 50 stat — but sovereign natns, this lg didn’t apply. The march was pecially important to Councilwoman Loann Jerome, who is the only openly gay member of the Turtle Mounta Tribal Council. 20150416_me_a_north_dakota_fay_breaks_the_silence_on_gay_marriage.
Conversatns about homosexualy and g out uld easily take place almost anywhere — but not here ral North Dakota.
A NORTH DAKOTA FAY BREAKS THE SILENCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
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.
"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.
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
"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. Melanie's other sister--law, Julia, says she's stggled wh the ia of gay marriage.
She thought the imprsn at the table was that she don't support that really wasn't 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. 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.