Richard | April 3, 2009
I’ve never made it a secret that I’m from Iowa. I know we get a bad rap at times, but we are a proud people. Today, on Facebook and Twitter, I was more than happy to say how proud I am to be an Iowan. I will always consider the state my adoptive home (I [...]
Richard | April 27, 2008
For those students who participated in the National Day of Silence last Friday, you have my most heartfelt thanks. The Day of Silence began in 1996 and has grown in numbers each year. The event asks students and teachers to take a day-long vow of silence to symbolically represent the silencing of LGBT students and [...]
Richard | March 12, 2008
I am writing this not as a journalist. Not as a reporter. Not as a supporter.
I am writing this column to stop hate. To stop bigotry. To stop the words that come from leaders that are hateful, degrading and despite their best wishes, destroying our country.
“The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation,” Oklahoma State Representative [...]
Richard | October 2, 2007
The one and only legal gay marriage in Iowa celebrates 32 days today as being the beacon of hope for Iowans; that they too will one day be able to marry. Of course, this is old news. I don’t usually get fired up about religion or gay rights, but driving back from a meeting this [...]
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