TownieDeac
words are futile devices
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Backstory, Gordon College in Salem had a standing partnership with the city to co-manage Old Town Hall. The mayor of the city cut ties with Gordon, decrying their anti-LGBT policies, essentially saying as a private institution, they can make their own rules, but when it extends into the public sphere (Old Town Hall), she couldn't oblige. Right wing talk radio got hold of the story recently, and Glenn Beck's listeners have been flooding Salem MA city offices with anti-LGBT calls at his behest. The mayor's response: