Following up on our May 2 account: the Arlington County, Va., Human Rights Commission has reversed itself and dismissed a complaint against the conservative Christian owner of a video store who declined to duplicate a customer’s gay-rights videos (”This week in Arlington”, Arlington Connection, Jun. 14; Elizabeth A. Perry, “Fight over Arlington gay video not over yet”, Washington Blade, Jun. 16).
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June 18th, 2006 at 12:10 am
Update: video store owner off hook
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