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Music director’s marriage leads to his firing

Update: 2:40PM Steav Bates-Congdon is the popular music director at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in south Charlotte. He lost his job last month for marrying his longtime partner in New York, one of seven states to recognize same-sex marriages.

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My parents both died of Alzheimer's the same December morning, 10 days before Christmas, in the same room, side by side.

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By Pam Kelley | E-mail | 1:41AM
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Born into slavery in North Carolina, Mary Walker, a light-skinned woman with "lightish eyes inclined to blue," would be long forgotten today if not for two events.

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Tuesday night, a little more than a day before he slipped into a coma and two days before he died, Providence High School band director Paul Jackson sent text messages to assistant director Sarah Russell and band boosters president Debbie Thompson.

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