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In an earlier post, I wrote about the Morning Call newspaper of Allentown, Pa., and its gay columnist. Recently, Editor & Publisher gave us an update.

In this article, the Morning Call’s editor says, “Frank is a valued employee. I fully expect him to come back. He is a very valuable person to us.”

However, she goes on to say, “He was informed that [his participation as grand marshal of the parade] was a conflict. The key thing here is that the parade was described by the group as a gay rights event.”

That’s nice and all, that the paper wants to maintain a level of neutrality and objectivity. But what if this was a more general topic, like human rights? Or “don’t beat children with golf clubs” rights? Same reaction, Editor Hilliard? I doubt it.

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