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- From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
- Subject: Re: Heterosexuality: What a beautiful choice!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.145300.4326@dvorak.amd.com>
- Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 14:53:00 GMT
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- In article <1jhtbrINNs3d@morrow.stanford.edu> BR.SJE@forsythe.stanford.edu (Steve Eastman) writes:
- >A "Het: What a..." ad would be fine with me. Remember: homosex is not a
- >lifestyle choice, its an inborn attribute. Friendly persuasion should
- >have no more an effect than to instill guilt. It won't make people "choose"
- >het. Right?
-
- Right... but although the Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation (of St. Davids,
- PA; 215-254-5500) says that the spots which address "major concerns
- within our society" are NOT political, they openly admit that they
- target the emotions of people so as to "change minds." A changed mind
- often equates to a changed vote.
-
- So... let's say that an OCA initiative was on the ballot here in
- Texas. A few months before the election, the Arthur S. DeMoss
- foundation started running those emotionally charged, mind-changing
- commercials for which they are famous, but with the Heterosexual theme
- of family and even with "converted" homosexuals giving witness. Even
- though the OCA iniative would be found blatently unconstitutional,
- given the overwhelming evidence of gay and lesbian discrimination and
- related hate crimes, the measure would probably be VERY tough to
- defeat.
-
- It is the American way that he who has the money gets his way... it
- just ain't right with such a powerful tool as television and radio.
- This issue REALLY needs to come before the FCC. Regulation of
- mind-changing programming is a necessity as long as foundations like
- the Arthur S. DeMoss practice such emotional mind-changing.
-
-
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