In addition to his legal work and teaching career, Justice Graves has been very active in local and national bar associations.

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"For years I suffered from chest pains but no one knew what was really wrong with me, " said Laymond, who despite her pains led a very active life -- working at a gym and teaching children street dance in her spare time.

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She's also been active as an educator teaching at the State University of New York and participating in a rotating residency at North Netherlands Conservatory in Groningen, Netherlands.

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"It is breaking the law of the Church in the sense of Christian teaching... the teaching still is that active homosexual practice is not compatible with the teaching of scripture, " he said.

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