civil rights - A GOP lawmaker, the son of an Auschwitz survivor, compared doctors treating transgender children to Nazis. He regrets it.

Katie Shepard
The Washington Post

Codington County, SD

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ezs note:  Gee, Fred, I'm so glad you finally became enlightened.  But there are some things that are so obnoxious and dimwitted that no amount of backpedaling can make things all better.

lead story - Man tells judge he regrets punching transgender woman in face, gets 75 days in jail

Aimee Green
Oregon Live

Portland, OR

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ezs note:  Mr. Gonzalez - I'm glad you feel sorry for your actions.  But I'm also glad you served 75 days to think about it.  Hopefully, this WON'T happen again.

civil rights - Middle school principal wrote transgender women ‘are NOT women.’ He says he regrets it.

Lexi Cortes
Belleville News-Democrat

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ezs note:  If this paragraph were written by a janitor or a substitute teacher,  yeah, maybe I'd give him/her a pass. But a principal???  I'm not going to tell you what to do, but I'd think long and hard if I were offered this position. 

Virginia Senate candidate E.W. Jackson "regrets" anti-gay rhetoric

John Riley
MetroWeekly

Chesapeake, VA

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First lady Katie O’Malley regrets words about gay marriage foes (thedailyrecord.com)

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