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- From: LASAGA@corral.uwyo.edu (LASAGA)
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- Subject: Re: Inaugural Poem
- Message-ID: <7141371325011993/A02754/POSSE/1171CB643200*@mrgate.uwyo.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 08:49:58 GMT
- Article-I.D.: mrgate.7141371325011993/A02754/POSSE/1171CB643200*
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- In article <1k15bsINNogh@shelley.u.washington.edu>,
- lmeissne@carson.u.washington.edu (Loren Meissner) writes:
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- >Did anyone notice that the text of the Inaugural poem as carried
- >over the wire services (I posted the wire service version earlier today)
- >omitted the reference to Gays?
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- >Can any of the more literary enlighten us on this?
- >Are the wire services homophobic?
- >Dis Angelou ad-lib the Gay reference at the last minute?
- >Is the Gay reference part of the "original" written text of the
- >poem?
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- The Denver Post and USA Today both published the entire poem, and their
- versions (both) included the line, "The Gay, The Straight, The Preacher."
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- I suspect a homophobic knife may have edited the poem for the wire
- services!
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- -maria
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