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Guilty: Homosexual activist admits sending death threats to pro-life, pro-marriage leader

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NEW HAVEN, August 23, 2012, – A Connecticut homosexual pled guilty on Tuesday to sending 300 threatening messages, including death threats, to the leader of a state pro-life, pro-marriage organization. 53-year-old Daniel Sarno of Enfield, Connecticut, admitted intimidating Peter Wolfgang, the executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut , over a six-month period from last November until May. One message read : “No mercy for homophobes. I suggest you make your funeral arrangements real soon, Mr. Wolfgang.” Another said , “I sure hope somebody blows you away. Yer dead.” Sarno once asked, “Are ‘ family values’ worth dying for, Mr. Wolfgang?” Wolfgang said Sarno identified himself as a homosexual in the letters, which came addressed “Attention: Peter Wolfgang.” “Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident,” Wolfgang said in a statement, “In fact it is part of a growing and disturbing intimidation campaign among some proponents of same-sex ‘marriage.’ It is clear that

Lesbian teen faked anti-gay notes that sparked college’s ‘Solidarity Rally’

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NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut , July 5, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A lesbian student at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) won the sympathy of hundreds of students who rallied to her defense against anti-gay remarks before police say video evidence forced her to admit she planted the messages herself. Alexandra Pennell, 19, has been barred from state universities for five years and faces several felony charges after the young woman was caught on tape planting the threatening notes that had been the source of campus-wide outrage. When the notes were first discovered in March, hundreds decried the alleged hate crimes in a campus “ Solidarity Rally.” There, Pennell told the audience, “I stand here today speaking to the person responsible for this, and all I have to say is I’m not going to be run out of my home and I will not be intimidated by hate.”  CCSU President Jack Miller told rallygoers to speak up if they knew the perpetrator. Alexandra Pennell Campus police sa

Highschoolers horrified at gay male kiss in school play, while officials praise exposure

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Image via Wikipedia HARTFORD,  - Several students at a Hartford high school expressed horror and left the auditorium when two male members of a city-funded school play shared a passionate kiss onstage on Friday. School officials said they opted against informing parents about the event ahead of time, saying that the students needed exposure to homosexuality , and hailed the “chaotic” reaction as a victory for raising the gay issue. The kiss occurred during Hartford Public High School ’s production of “ Zanna, Don’t !,” a play depicting a world in which homosexuality is normative and heterosexuals take up the role of “outcasts.” The Hartford Courant   reported  that “screams and loud voices” and sounds of disgust came from the audience during the display of aff Image via Wikipedia ection, while “dozens” of mostly male students left the auditorium. While some trickled back in, officials had to prevent many from leaving the school building. School officials had told students that homos