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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is faulty logic. They are just giving a punch list of the candidates jockeying for the Republican nomination. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Using this same logic, you could suggest that EVERYONE who votes Republican has an anti-gay agenda… and using the same logic one can say that EVERYONE who votes Democrat must have a socialist agenda. (Neither of which are true).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(In fact, some folks here on V2020 have said that if Huntsman were voted into office, they least wouldn’t lose sleep over it… since Huntsman was listed in this newsletter, does that mean that these same V2020 folks must also have an anti-gay agenda?)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>While the candidates themselves might have a slanted view of gay rights, I don’t see any indication that the Tea Party is only listing folks that have passed some sort of “Anti-Gay Agenda Seal of Approval”… the Tea Party may be extreme, but in a different direction than Tom Hansen is suggesting. If you want to find an element of bigotry and hatred towards gays on the Republican side of the political coin, you’ll find it in the religious right… not the fiscal /constitutional right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Donovan Arnold [mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 15, 2012 6:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> Jay Borden; Tom Hansen<br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] A Dedication to . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Jay,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Every person they endorsed is against equality for gays and you don't think they are against equality for gays? If an organization only endorsed Grand Dragons of the KKK would you claim also to be so blind that you don't see how they are anti-civil rights? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Donovan Arnold<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Jay Borden <jborden@datawedge.com><br><b>To:</b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com> <br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:16 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] A Dedication to . . .</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'><br><span class=mark>Ok</span>... you've provided a link to a Tea Party newsletter... which begins<br>with a <span class=mark>pre</span>-amble of core Tea Party beliefs (which center around "stop<br>spending, stop tramping the Constitution")....<br><br>... and continues on to list off the current Republican candidates with<br>a short cheat-sheet on their stances on major issues: <span class=mark>Healthcare</span> and<br>Entitlements, Education, Spending and Taxes, Immigration, Energy, and<br>National Security.<br><br>There's one line item in there for "Rick Perry" for a category called<br>"social", which lists he supports traditional marriage, and signed the<br>Defense of Marriage Act... <br><br><br>That's not even close to a smoking gun. If there's an "anti-gay" agenda<br>in there, I must have missed it.<br><br><br>Jay<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Tom Hansen [<span class=mark>mailto</span>:<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>] <br>Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:32 PM<br>To: Jay Borden<br>Cc: Moscow Vision 2020<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Dedication to . . .<br><br>Are you sure about that, Mr. Borden?<br><br>http://www.teapartyboise.com/newsletter_12-21-2011.pdf<br><br><span class=mark>Hmmm</span>.<br><br><span class=mark>Seeya</span> later, Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Post Falls, Idaho<br><br>"If not us, who?<br>If not now, when?"<br><br>- Unknown<br><br><br><br>On Feb 14, 2012, at 13:24, "Jay Borden" <<a href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">jborden@datawedge.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Wait... you're suggesting that the Tea Party is responsible for Idaho<br>> not passing equal rights legislation?<br>> <br>> I think you're confusing the "Taxed Enough Already" splinter of the<br>> Republican party with the "Religious Right" membership of the<br>Republican<br>> party.<br>> <br>> <br>> Jay<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a><br>> [<span class=mark>mailto</span>:<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] On Behalf Of Tom Hansen<br>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:53 PM<br>> To: Moscow Vision 2020<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] A Dedication to . . .<br>> <br>> . . . the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and <span class=mark>transgender</span> citizens of the<br>state<br>> of Washington for a fight well fought . . . and won . . .<br>> <br>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Y9nYCcYbw<br>> <br>> Now, if only Idaho can wean itself from the Tea Party (undeniable<br>proof<br>> that pygmy three-toed sloths and chimpanzees do mate), perhaps we can<br>> join the rest of this great nation in recognizing the 14<span class=mark>th</span> amendment<br>to<br>> the U.S. Constitution and applying it to all of our citizens.<br>> <br>> <span class=mark>Seeya</span> later, Moscow.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Post Falls, Idaho<br>> <br>> "If not us, who?<br>> If not now, when?"<br>> <br>> - Unknown<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the <span class=mark>Palouse</span> since 1994.<br>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> <span class=mark>mailto</span>:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> =======================================================<br><br>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the <span class=mark>Palouse</span> since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <span class=mark>mailto</span>:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>