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This story, The Hensons and Camp Sister Spirit , came through my news feed today.  I read the article and watched the entire video. It is important to me for several reasons; One, this is a story from my home state, and not far from me at all.  Two, I remember it, and Three, it is great to actually know about it after all these years. When I say I knew about it, I mean in a child way.  I was eleven and twelve when they first started building their camp and apparently were all in the news.  The only thing I ever heard, however, were other children laughing, "Lesbians in Ovett!  Hey Derek you live in Ovett, are you going to that camp?"  And parents and children alike simply saying the name 'Camp Sister Spirit'.  Nobody was really talking about it beyond that, at least not in front of their children.  I couldn't see the big deal about it except why would anyone purposefully move to po-dunk-ville, Mississippi?  I knew that lesbians were women who...

Anti-Discrimination is the hot topic currently in the state of Mississippi.  The LGBT community is sorely underprotected in the civil liberties department, and while both measures are directly in reference to this particular community, it's broadened also to include everyone. In January, the city of Starkville proposed a Pro-LGBT Equality Resolution .  A few days later, Hattiesburg followed with the same resolution.  Both were passed unanimously by their respective city officials. The resolution "declares it the public policy of the City to respect the inherent worth of every person, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, age, marital status, sexual orientation, familal status, veteran's status, disability, or source of income"...; in essence all peoples are equal & shall not be discriminated against.       By March, however, citizens of the state were calling Governor Phil Bryan...