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- From: lazarus@wixer.cactus.org (Michael Lax)
- Subject: The Fall(well) of the U.S.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan20.130149.27432@wixer.cactus.org>
- Organization: Real/Time Communications
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 13:01:49 GMT
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- So has anyone seen Jerry Fallwell on TV lately? He's going on and on
- about how the country's going to hell in a handbasket because Clinton is
- supporting the 'Militant Homosexual Agenda.' And, of course, selling 5
- videos at $35 a piece to save the country. Watching him preach to a
- congregation hurts though - how many gays and lesbians are there being
- told they are worse than worthless? I've tried to hold reasoned
- debate with a number of people on the net, but listening to people like
- Fallwell makes me MAD. And he has the money to put ads on television
- selling his BS. And because he's a 'preacher' people believe him. When I
- listen to him, I wonder what we can do to educate people. I see a few
- positive portrayals of gay characters on TV (and negative portrayals of
- homophobia), but wonder if they are enough to combat the hatred. I hope
- so.
-
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- "For I can see that in the midst of death, Life persists; in the
- midst of untruth, Truth persists; in the midst of darkness, Light
- persists."
- "An eye for an eye will blind the world."
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- "I'm here, I'm queer, get used to it."
- ME!
- lazarus@wixer.cactus.org; Michael Lax, 12514 Esplanade St., #B,
- Austin, TX 78727-4409; 512.837.1596 (h), 512.836.9715 (fax)
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