Regardless of what parents choose when it comes to providing alcohol to their own adolescents, there are many good reasons not to serve alcohol to other people’s kids.
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Read MoreFrom Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization.
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