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- From: solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay)
- Subject: Re: Conservative Republican Sen. D'Amato supports gays in military
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.014401.23871@netcom.com>
- Organization: Castle Anthrax
- References: <GORDON.93Jan26180740@lugh.think.com> <g#r3j2d@rpi.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:44:01 GMT
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- In article <g#r3j2d@rpi.edu> buckmr@vccnw05.its.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire) writes:
- >
- >Right before the election [DAYS] Al D'Amato finally said that he support
- >equal rights for gays. He has been an outspoken homophobe previously. He was
- >named Pro-Life Senator of the Year a few years ago.
-
- And what does that have to do with the price of tea in China? Being
- pro-life indicates one's views about abortion. It does not indicate
- one's views about homosexuality or gay rights. Some pro-life people
- are solidly for gay rights (e.g. Nat Hentoff). Conversely, some
- pro-choice people are solidly homophobic.
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