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- From: sham@cs.arizona.edu (Shamim Zvonko Mohamed)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.dan-quayle
- Subject: Re: Our Boy and Abortion...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.211521.21647@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 21:15:21 GMT
- References: <D8oFuB3w165w@mintir.new-orleans.la.us> <1992Nov18.161640.9530@gvl.unisys.com> <1992Nov18.202536.13312@netcom.com>
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- In article <1992Nov18.202536.13312@netcom.com>, madhaus@netcom.com (Maddi Hausmann) writes:
- }The San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Examiner independently
- }reported that the Oregon Republican Party is on the verge of a nasty
- }internal schism. The issue is not abortion, but homosexuality.
-
- This is something I was wondering about. The Pope just released a new catechism
- that says, among other things, that since "for most people, homosexuality is
- not a choice," they should be tolerated (but they still have to be celibate).
- Now the Danster has repeatedly said that he believes homosexuality is a
- personal choice (although in words much more convoluted than those); has anyone
- detected a softening in his position? (Ok, in the Danette's position.)
-
- Next thing you know Dan and his pals will denounce contraception.
-
- }The current head is ready to encourage moderates to form another
- }Party, because he senses he's going to lose to the Radical Right.
-
- Perhaps the best thing for the Republicon party at this juncture would be to
- split from the Frothing Fundies. What can we do to ensure that such a split
- does not occur?
-
- -s
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- Shamim Mohamed / {uunet,noao,cmcl2..}!arizona!shamim / shamim@cs.arizona.edu
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