http://www.365gay.com The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en http://www.365gay.com/blog/tim-hortons-drops-nom-event/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/tim-hortons-drops-nom-event/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:08:35 +0000 AliDavis http://www.365gay.com/?p=9105 After an angry public reaction, the coffee and bakery chain Tim Hortons has pulled out of a National Organization for Marriage event scheduled for Sunday, August 16th in Rhode Island. NOM is a group dedicated to "protecting" straight marriage from the threat of same-sex marriage. 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