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Ten-year-old Armani Islam, of Fairmont, drew dinosaurs on his Shalom Flag Sunday at LIFE United Methodist Church during day two of Building Bridges of Respect sponsored by Marion County Communities of Shalom Inc. He wants to be a paleontologist.
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Marion County Communities of Shalom Inc. Director Renee Verbanic demonstrates how to apply paint to fauna to print on shalom flags Sunday during the two-day Building Bridges of Respect conference.
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Guests at Sunday s Building Bridges of Respect conference made peace or shalom flags. Here, Renee Verbanic holds up the flags and explains how to decorate them.
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Delegate Josh Higginbotham, R-Putnam, watches a presentation during a House of Delegates Education Committee meeting on Feb. 18, 2020. Earlier this month, Higginbotham announced he is gay, making him the first openly LGBTQ+ Republican state lawmaker in West Virginia.
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Delegate Josh Higginbotham, R-Putnam, presides over a House of Delegates Education Committee meeting on Jan. 30, 2020. Higginbotham announced earlier this month that he is gay, making him the first openly LGBTQ+ Republican to serve in the West Virginia Legislature.
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CHARLESTON Gov. Jim Justice stood by statements made over the weekend that he would not veto a bill aimed at transgender student-athletes wishing to play women’s sports even as the NCAA made clear it would avoid states that discriminate.
Speaking Wednesday during his COVID-19 virtual briefing at the Capitol, Justice said he would either sign House Bill 3293, relating to single-sex participation in interscholastic athletic events, or let the bill become law without his signature.
“From the standpoint of how I feel about it personally and everything … I just can’t possibly get through my head that it is the right thing for us at a middle school-level, a high school-level and our state for me not to support the bill, so I do support the bill,” Justice said. “I’m either going to let it become law or sign it. I am absolutely not supportive of a veto in regard to the bill.”
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CHARLESTON Gov. Jim Justice stood by statements made over the weekend that he would not veto a bill aimed at transgender student-athletes wishing to play women’s sports even as the NCAA made clear it would avoid states that discriminate.
Speaking Wednesday during his COVID-19 virtual briefing at the Capitol, Justice said he would either sign House Bill 3293, relating to single-sex participation in interscholastic athletic events, or let the bill become law without his signature.
“From the standpoint of how I feel about it personally and everything … I just can’t possibly get through my head that it is the right thing for us at a middle school-level, a high school-level and our state for me not to support the bill, so I do support the bill,” Justice said. “I’m either going to let it become law or sign it. I am absolutely not supportive of a veto in regard to the bill.”
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