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Student says she was punched for anti-Prop 8 column

A student columnist says she was punched in the face for publishing a column opposing California’s Proposition 8.

Destinie Mogg-Barkalow of Bridgewater State University wrote a column expressing the opinion that opponents of marriage equality are stuck in another time. The day after the article ran, she was confronted by a man and a woman in a parking lot who asked her if she had written the piece, and when she said yes, the woman punched her in the face.

Police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime, while students are planning a rally this week to support Mogg-Barkalow, who is also a lesbian.

But actually, what the hell? What is wrong with people?

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