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Cecilia Mitchell, 1951-2015, !Presente!

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(APN) ATLANTA — Cecilia Florence “Ceci” Mitchell, 63, passed away on April 26, 2015.  Mitchell was known in Atlanta as a passionate advocate, working on such issues as equality, peace, and environmental justice.   This is a belated obituary because Atlanta Progressive News only recently learned of her passing when a letter to her home from APN was returned from […]

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Metro Atlantans Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage Ruling (UPDATE 1)

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(APN) ATLANTA — Celebrations were held throughout Metro Atlanta and across the U.S. on June  26, 2015, when the Supreme Court of the U.S. ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriages.  It is now legal in all fifty U.S. states for same-sex couples to marry.   The first line in the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling states that the Fourteenth Amendment […]

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