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Fourth of July thoughts

Around the Fourth of July, like many queer Americans, I remind myself that equal rights, recognition and respect for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-affectionate and Transgender Americans are the inevitable outcome of our national values. Study after recent study tells us that millions of people all around the world hate our country for any one of a number of reasons, and I myself have joined millions of people in the streets protesting the direction our nation is taking. At the same time, in the end, despite my own anger and trepidation about our nation's current leadership and their choices, I'm forced to admit that I still consider myself a patriot because I believe that our country's values still present the U.S.A. with the chance for greatness.

Introducing Seventy Times Seven, gay-themed novel by former Catholic brother

SAUGATUCK, MI – June 20, 2006 – Salvatore Sapienza’s debut novel, Seventy Times Seven, is an exploration of religion and homosexuality with a Catholic brother and teacher at its center – as told by a real-life former religious brother and openly gay man.