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