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E 10th Street, Salem, Missouri.

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The citizens of Dent County, MO wouldn’t allow bigotry to become their identity, and neither will the rest of America. Out of an act of intolerance came many gestures of acceptance.

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It’s been quite the week in Dent County, Mo., and that was the case even before a long-haired local character named Chief Wana Dubie announced he was running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Roy Blunt. Get it? Dubie vs. Blunt. A smokin’ hot race. But it was three commissioners who created a brush fire in the county with a population of 15,655 persons. At their Monday morning meeting, Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles brought up the matter of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. As a “Christian American,” Skiles said in a letter for the public record, he felt “sadness, shame, and outright revulsion...”

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MO County Commission Drops Plans To Lower Flag In Protest Of Marriage Equality

MO County Commission Drops Plans To Lower Flag In Protest Of Marriage Equality

There have been some pretty outrageous reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision in favor of marriage equality. Just last week, for instance, an associate justice in Louisiana actually suggestedthat gays shouldn’t be allowed to adopt because they molest kids. Well, we came very close to seeing something that may have been even more embarrassing. The county commission in a central Missouri county…

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MO County Commission Drops Plans To Lower Flag In Protest Of Marriage Equality

MO County Commission Drops Plans To Lower Flag In Protest Of Marriage Equality

There have been some pretty outrageous reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision in favor of marriage equality. Just last week, for instance, an associate justice in Louisiana actually suggestedthat gays shouldn’t be allowed to adopt because they molest kids. Well, we came very close to seeing something that may have been even more embarrassing. The county commission in a central Missouri county…

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Commissioners, who voted Monday to lower county flags in protest of the same-sex marriage ruling, are now said to be reversing course

This just in: Missouri is an incredibly fucked up state. It even rivals Kentucky who keep McConnell and Rand in office.

Also, the real reason they are reversing this order is that the dillholes just did a little research on what they were doing and found something startling. As they are clearly conservatives it is no shock that they came at this proposal in full ignorance. Ignorance is how the GOP and their cronies work. Someone, however, tipped this commission off about something called "flagging" and they are now terrified about lowering the flag to half mast because they don't quite know what "flagging" is but they're terrified that they might be encouraging it by sending messages to LGBT folk via their half mast flag. The plan amongst LGBT folks, I have just been told (because we are monolith after all) is to not tell conservatives exactly what flagging is. In this case, ignorance doesn't seem to be bliss; it seems to be terror. Frankly, they deserve it.

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Missouri County Cancels ‘Mourning’ For Gay Marriage After Citizens Protest

Missouri County Cancels ‘Mourning’ For Gay Marriage After Citizens Protest

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  Marina Fang | Huffington Post | July 14, 2015

WASHINGTON — Leaders in Dent County, Missouri, are no longer planning to lower flags at the county courthouse to “mourn” the Supreme Court’s legalization of…

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The controversy has also inspired one Dent County LGBT native to create a $1,000 "Courage Scholarship" to be granted to a graduating high school senior who "has demonstrated or shows great potential to work for change in their community that advances the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and other groups that have historically faced discrimination and been pushed to society's margins."

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This Sad Little County Voted To 'Mourn' Gay Marriage Every Month For The Next Year

This Sad Little County Voted To ‘Mourn’ Gay Marriage Every Month For The Next Year

After marriage equality became the law of the land on June 26th, many across the nation have been celebrating the long overdue ruling. However, one county in Missouri is not quite so excited. In fact, they just voted to “mourn” the ruling by lowering the American flag to half mast every month for the next year. The three-member Dent County Commission decided with a vote of 3-0 that on the 26th…

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