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Ashcroft bans pride celebration. (Politics).

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

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Attorney General John Ashcroft has, for the first time ever for a federal agency, banned a gay pride celebration. Ashcroft told Justice Department employees that they can't hold a pride event because President Bush does not recognize gay pride with an official proclamation. The gay employee group DOJ Pride has held an annual celebration since the late 1990s, including one last year, when Deputy ...

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