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Students staged a walkout after a gay classmate said their Christian high school threatened to out her to her parents
Last week, BuzzFeed News reported on the story of high school senior Magali Rodriguez attended Bishop Amat Memorial High School, who said the school forced her into counseling for being gay and threatened to out her to her parents.
Following the report's publication, Bishop Amat students organized a walkout in support of Rodriguez Friday.
"I never would’ve imagined Amat to be an environment like this," said one student, who declined to be named. "Once I started to read about the article I was in full shock. I decided to walk out to stand up for her." The walkout took place during the seventh period until the end of the school day on Friday, a period of about an hour and a half.
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Gina doesn’t expect to ever see her boyfriend, Avner, again.
Immigration officers had arrested him two days earlier near Treasure Cay, a gated community on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas. They grabbed him right after his lunch break, while he was walking back to his new job rebuilding houses that Hurricane Dorian had destroyed.
Immigration officers have been conducting daily raids in Haitian neighborhoods and hurricane-recovery sites, demanding work permits and residency papers as part of the Bahamian government’s ramped-up campaign against undocumented immigrants. In the past three weeks, officials have detained and requested to deport more than 340 Haitians who, like Avner, lack proper papers, according to a Haitian government official.
LAWFUL GOOD A judge adorably held a lawyer's baby while he swore her into the state bar
Belmont University College of Law graduate Juliana Lamar formally earned her right to practice law last week, and her 1-year-old son Beckham was among the people in attendance. But Judge Richard Dinkins offered to involve the baby, who had been born while Lamar was in law school.
"On the day of my swearing in, right before we began, Judge said he wanted Beckham to take part in the moment," Lamar told BuzzFeed News. "And I am so glad he did because to have my son take part in one of the greatest moments of my life was truly a blessing."
There's video of the adorable event, and it's a great way to start your Monday with a grin.
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