Labor Day: gay holiday

assembloge  Sep 04 09

It seems so many holidays, and the original intentions behind them, have grown ever more commercialized: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day. Add Labor Day to the list. What was once a celebration of the Labor Movement has turned into “the unofficial end to summer,” and a three-day weekend of retail sales. But Labor Day is [...] Full story...

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