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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>As a newcomer to the area and a recent
subscriber to this group, I have read each post, concerning the issues that face
this community, with enthusiasm and sincere interest. One issue in particular
stood out while perusing Joans entry. She mentioned, were facing a
constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the November
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>I thought, wow; what better a time than
now for concerned citizens to band together and push this thing through? Why not
make amends and ally with the pastor of that church (Christs Church) to
accomplish a common goal? I see a lot of religious talk (in this forum) as well
as dialogue regarding the future of the community. Rather than being silent on
the issue, we should spread the news. This is the ideal medium to initiate an
awareness campaign. Lets save our community form the evils that lurk. Same sex
marriage today; tomorrow, theyll be petitioning to marry mans best friend.
Funny this subject should arise; I think daily of the way the world is going,
especially the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Why oppose same sex marriage? The
reasons are endless
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Daily, we see news stories that deal
with acts so perverse and extreme that we are outraged (why would those boys
rape the stripper? why does a man kidnap a young girl with the intent of eating
her? Why is the world filled with never-before-seen disease?). It seems we
ignore and tolerate the deviant behavior that leads up to these acts, so gross
until we can no longer ignore them. Nobody asks why underage men are drinking,
or why females take their clothes off for these drunken men. Nobody questions
the sexual behavior that spreads incurable diseases. We simply witness the end
effect and wonder how we have arrived at this horrific juncture. If you dont
desire the effect, you must change the cause or root. <SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Equally responsible for the decadence,
our nation has turned its back on Godeven kicking him out of the schools and
courtrooms; we have allowed every conceivable deviant behavior to be normalized
and sanitized by extremists in the name of free speech and equal rights. In the
extreme, you even hear of churches debating whether or not to allow homosexual
clergy and the like....What Bible are they reading?</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #222222; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>These are merely some of
the reasons that it is imperative that we band together on this issue; other,
more salient, ones follow. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #222222; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Biology, physiology,
reproduction, traditional morality, ethics, mindless denigration of the
institution of marriage, Gods law (the Bible), nature, pervasive, incurable
disease, the family, homosexual supremacy groups, loss of masculinity, female
mistreatment, not to mention the empirical social-science evidence about what
happens in societies where homosexuality is normalized (Netherlands, Canada, and
Spain for example). <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If we sit idly
by, we are doomed. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Was the naming of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Brokeback</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Mountain</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></I> strategic, symbolic
of how our Nations back/will has been broke by homosexual activists? Well,
neither my back nor my will has been broken
I will not sit silently while a
vocal minority imposes their disgusting perversions on the rest of the world.
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Ed</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>In a similar vein....we should refrain
from the use of the word "gay" when referring to homosexuals. The innocent word
that implies lively and spirited has been hijacked by the far left resulting in
some oxymoronic <FONT size=1><FONT
size=3>pseudonym.....</FONT></P></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joanopyr@moscow.com href="mailto:joanopyr@moscow.com">Joan Opyr</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020 Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 21, 2006 12:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Crazy Train</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear Visionaries:<BR><BR>I am done arguing with Donovan.
Perhaps not forever, but certainly for <BR>now. If list members want to
talk about water, let's talk about water. <BR> We cannot, however, only
talk about water. There's more at stake in <BR>the future of
Moscow. Smart growth, dumb growth, and anti-growth; <BR>growth that
benefits the few, not the many. There's also urban <BR>renewal,
development options, the University of Idaho, traffic along <BR>the Miracle
Mile, and parking in the downtown retail district. As we <BR>get into
issues of cultural hegemony and differing visions of what <BR>constitutes a
healthy and diverse community, we're bound to get into <BR>sticky
territory. We're facing a constitutional amendment banning <BR>same-sex
marriage on the November ballot. I expect some important and
<BR>potentially hot debates over that. And when we do get around to it,
I <BR>warn you, Pastor You-Know-Who and his You-Know-Church will likely serve
<BR>as both the tar baby and the briar patch. If
He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named <BR>takes as active a role in this political fight
as he took in the 1994 <BR>battle over Proposition One, then it's going to get
hot in here. Might <BR>want to open a window.<BR><BR>That said, I think
it's important to recognize that unmoderated chat <BR>groups are like the
railroad tracks in a Roadrunner cartoon. We, the <BR>list members, are
like Wile E. Coyote. We're on the train, chasing the <BR>Roadrunner,
when we look out the window and see that we're running out <BR>of track.
So, we open up the Acme box and hang out on the engine, <BR>laying track
before the train just as fast as we can. What happens? <BR>We find
ourselves halfway over a chasm; we look down, pause, and drop, <BR>right to
the bottom of a deep canyon, where we thump to a halt in a <BR>cloud of
dust. But we always get back up again. That's the nature of
<BR>this list, and it's the nature of every other unmoderated list.
<BR>Freedom of expression is not freedom from annoyance, and if it were,
<BR>I'd be bored senseless. This is a great community, and I'm always
<BR>interested to hear what most of you have to say.<BR><BR>It's true that my
Bozo Bin is wide and deep, and that I filter out <BR>quite a few posters, but
I have relatives that I don't like, either. I <BR>don't want to hang out
with them, but I don't think they should be <BR>tossed from the family.
I still meet up with them once a year at the <BR>family reunion, and we watch
one another eat fried chicken. (It's <BR>always too greasy. Best
to stick to the deviled eggs.)<BR><BR>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment<BR><A
href="http://www.joanopyr.com">www.joanopyr.com</A><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR> List
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