Mississippi Town Denies Permit For Pride Parade

by Dan SavageThe alderman in Starkville ("Mississippi's College Town!") will be hearing from the lawyers at ACLU in three, two, one...
The Starkville Board of Aldermen voted to deny the request to hold an LGBT pride parade after hearing 16 people speak in favor of the event during its meeting Tuesday night. The board approved the motion to deny the request with a 4-3 vote... The motion to deny the request was made by Alderman Roy A. Perkins. The grassroots group Starkville Pride applied for a sp