<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">That's exactly what I'm trying to say. Imagine if it still made the news every time an interracial marriage happened. Or every time a minority family moved into a rich neighborhood, or every time a black person sat at the front of the bus.<br><br>If you push against something, someone is going to push back. The best approach, in my humble opinion, is to treat it like it was no big deal. Which is what it is. <br><br>Paul<br><br><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div dir="ltr"><hr size="1"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dan
Carscallen <areaman@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "<vision2020@moscow.com>" <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 7, 2014 8:15 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Former Miss America Contestant becomes magnitudes more attractive to guys<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0860018401"><div><div>I took Paul's point to mean that it shouldn't be a big deal to anyone: the advocates for and the bigots against, and those of us in between to whom it already isn't a big deal. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"That actress just came out as a lesbian!"</div><div>"That football player came out as gay!"</div><div>"Huh. Well now. What's for lunch?"<br clear="none"><br clear="none">DC</div><div><div class="yiv0860018401yqt2135218922" id="yiv0860018401yqtfd49800"><br
clear="none">On Mar 7, 2014, at 7:53, Sunil <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv0860018401yqt2135218922" id="yiv0860018401yqtfd15716"><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div dir="ltr">So you're being deliberately obtuse. You do realize that our bigots don't take your approach? <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sunil<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><hr>Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 16:35:43 -0800<br clear="none">From: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none">To: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>; <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>; <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a><br clear="none">Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Former Miss America Contestant becomes magnitudes more attractive to
guys<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">I'd like to echo this sentiment. It shouldn't matter. It reminds of the "first black female 42 year-old tuba playing astronaut with buck teeth" crap you'd get from NASA every time a shuttle launched. We shouldn't care anymore. That's the damn point.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Paul<br clear="none"><div><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div><br clear="none"></div> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> lfalen <<a rel="nofollow"
shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> viz
<<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>>; Scott Dredge <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 6, 2014 4:28 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Former Miss America Contestant becomes magnitudes more attractive to guys<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv0860018401ecxy_msg_container"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv0860018401ecxyiv3835568223"><style>#yiv0860018401 #yiv0860018401 --
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<div class="yiv0860018401ecxyiv3835568223yqt1853568357" id="yiv0860018401ecxyiv3835568223yqtfd60767"><hr size="1">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: "Scott Dredge" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>><br clear="none">To: viz <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br clear="none">Date: 03/06/14 10:32<br clear="none">Subject: [Vision2020] Former Miss America Contestant becomes magnitudes more attractive to guys<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">'Miss Kentucky Djuan Keila Trent, a 2011 Miss America contestant, has come out as "queer" on her personal blog, making her the first out lesbian contestant to have competed at a national level.'<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow"
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