Judge rules against Milton Catholic school in gay-hiring retraction

Judge rules against Milton Catholic school in gay-hiring retraction

BOSTON (AP) — An all-girls Catholic prep school in Milton violated state anti-discrimination law by rescinding a job offer to a man in a same-sex marriage, a judge ruled, spurring a blistering attack from the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts on Thursday.

Matthew Barrett was offered a job as Fontbonne Academy's food services director in 2013, but the offer was withdrawn days later after he listed his husband as his emergency contact.

Trump picking winners often backed Democrats with cash – until 2012
Donald Trump

Trump picking winners often backed Democrats with cash – until 2012

Evan Lips

There was a moment during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate when the leading candidate, billionaire developer Donald Trump, waxed poetic about his foray into politics.

"I've never done this process before, I've never been a politician," Trump said, just before launching into one of his well-known declarations about how he plans to "do everything" in his power to beat Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. In fact, Trump ran for the Reform Party's presidential nomination in 2000, and technically won the primary in California, even though he had by then dropped out.

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