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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks g,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You put it exactly right. If smacking me in
the gob would right all these injustices, I would volunteer to let you. It
couldn't be any worse than being kicked in the groin by Joan.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good response.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dick</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jampot@adelphia.net href="mailto:jampot@adelphia.net">g. crabtree</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> ; <A
title=joanopyr@moscow.com href="mailto:joanopyr@moscow.com">Joan Opyr</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:23
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] My gay agenda
(again)</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joan, Why is it that if I were to walk up to
Dick, smack him in the gob and berate him for being a good for nothing, lazy,
ugly, stinking, white, male, heterosexual, I would only be guilty of battery?
If I committed a similar assault on you it would be battery and a hate crime.
Doesn't sound like equals before the law to me. If I refuse to hire Dick to
work in my shop 'cause he's so straight he wouldn't be able to turn corners
(hawr, hawr, hawr) his recourse would be to seek work elsewhere. If I refuse
to hire you for being gay (insert favorite ignorant dumb ass comment followed
by guffaws here) a discrimination suit would be sure to follow. The same
if I refuse to rent to you, sell to you, or provide you service. If equality
before the law is your goal, I trust you are lobbying, agitating, and
vote, vote, voting hard to change these blatant injustices. I think that
most folks would agree that who you elect to slip twixt the
sheets with is none of our concern but, same rights,
privileges, and responsibilities? Forgive me if I'm skeptical since it doesn't
seem to be the case currently.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>G. Crabtree</FONT></DIV>
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<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> Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:33
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] My gay agenda
(again)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear Visionaries:<BR><BR>It's kind of Joe to offer such an
eloquent defense of my responding in kind to Dick, Ed, and Tony, et al, but
really, I shouldn't allow myself to be provoked. It's bad for my blood
pressure, and we have better things to talk about as a community than
whether or not residents of Othello or Lewiston find me and my life vile.
Joe's right on target with his ugly wife analogy. I'll offer another one.
Imagine that I've founded a religion based on "Logan's Run." Life should end
when you turn 21. The Sandman says so, and besides, it'll save us a fortune
on wrinkle cream, Viagra, and Social Security payments to retiring baby
boomers. Plus, I find the whole idea of Anna Nicole Smith having sex with J.
Howard Marshall vile. Let's make that illegal. <BR><BR>Want to talk about
this? No? Me neither. And so let's not. This isn't to say that I believe all
community discourse can or should be constructive -- some debate must of
necessity be destructive because some ideas and beliefs have got to be
thoroughly dismantled before we can move ahead. We have to knock down
racism, sexism, and homophobia; we have to raze this bigotry to the ground
and build a better society above the rubble. <BR><BR>Do Dick, Ed, and Tony
have reason to fear me, to fear women, and to fear equal rights for gays and
lesbians? Absolutely. Equality is not a zero sum game, but acknowledging my
fundamental right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness will mean
that their straight white world of privilege, certainty, and unquestioned
assumptions will vanish forever. They will always have the right to believe
whatever they like. The big lie is that they're going to lose
that.<BR><BR>My gay agenda? It sure as hell isn't to make Dick like who I am
or accept that my gay life is both healthy and happy. For heaven's sake, who
does he think I am? Albus Dumbledore? I have no intention of sprinkling him
with fairy dust -- any kind of fairy dust. Why would I waste good fairy on
Dick? My gay agenda is very simple: I intend to lobby, to agitate, and to
vote, vote, vote until Dick and I enjoy the exact same rights, privileges,
and responsibilities as U. S. citizens. That's it. I will not be invading
his church. I will not be burning his Bible. I will, however, insist that we
be treated as equals before the law. The secular law.<BR><BR>Joan
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