BY LUCIEN MAE
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Stewart Butler, a longtime activist for gay rights in New Orleans, will receive the Ben Smith Award, which honors people who have demonstrated a commitment to the advancement of civil liberties in Louisiana.
The award, which is named after the late Ben Smith, a founder of the ACLU of Louisiana and a civil rights lawyer who was arrested for his work to end segregation, will be given at a dinner honoring Butler on March 22, 2014 at the New Orleans Marriot in the city’s Convention Center.
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