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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'>I get your point, Paul, but my strong personal belief is that it is still far too early in the struggle for equal treatment by the law – which we <b>still </b>don’t have, BTW -- to ignore the <b>huge</b> positive impact there is for LGBTQ youth to have great LGBTQ role models. Having positive LGBTQ role models sends a strong message to our gay youth that they, just like their straight cohorts, don’t have to lower or curtail their aspirations because of their God-given sexual orientation or gender identity.<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'>I don’t believe you or Dan or Roger are stupid enough to deny that LGBTQ kids and young adults still face a lot of pressure and negative stereotypes perpetuated by The Contemptible.<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'>And, if you don’t deny that, then you cannot deny that having positive LGBTQ role models for our gay kids – and adults -- is anything other than what they deserve. Particularly Idaho’s LGBTQ youth, where our idiot GOP legislators still refuse to Add the Words and kids are left with the likes of Larry Craig as the most notorious putative gay male. There’s a role model for them . . . NOT!<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'>Personally, I’m going to continue to offer a silent prayer of thanksgiving each time someone has the courage to put themselves out there as a positive role model for our LGBTQ community members to show them what’s possible.<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'>There needs to be a whole lot of positivity to offset the hate still far too prevalent in certain segments of the least civil amongst us, and a failure to provide our gay kids positive role models is to do them a grave disservice.<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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Saundra<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<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'>No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>~ Aesop (The Lion and the Mouse)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><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 #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Rumelhart<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 07, 2014 8:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> Dan Carscallen; <vision2020@moscow.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Former Miss America Contestant becomes magnitudes more attractive to guys<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>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<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></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'> Dan Carscallen <<a href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">areaman@moscow.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> "<<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>>" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 7, 2014 8:15 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Former Miss America Contestant becomes magnitudes more attractive to guys</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=yiv0860018401><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>"That actress just came out as a lesbian!"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>"That football player came out as gay!"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>"Huh. Well now. What's for lunch?"<br><br>DC<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div id=yiv0860018401yqtfd49800><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br>On Mar 7, 2014, at 7:53, Sunil <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div id=yiv0860018401yqtfd15716><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>So you're being deliberately obtuse. You do realize that our bigots don't take your approach? <br><br>Sunil<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 16:35:43 -0800<br>From: <a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank">godshatter@yahoo.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" target="_blank">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>; <a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Former Miss America Contestant becomes magnitudes more attractive to guys<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>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><br>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></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'> lfalen <<a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" target="_blank">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> viz <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>>; Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 6, 2014 4:28 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Former Miss America Contestant becomes magnitudes more attractive to guys</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div id=yiv0860018401yqtfd45153><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>So what. It should not make any difference what her or the NFL football player's sexual orientation is. What I don't like is making a big production out of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Roger<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 12.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div id=yiv0860018401ecxyiv3835568223yqtfd60767><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: "Scott Dredge" <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>><br>To: viz <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>Date: 03/06/14 10:32<br>Subject: [Vision2020] Former Miss America Contestant becomes magnitudes more attractive to guys<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>'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><br><a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/former-miss-america-contestant-reveals-she-s--queer---how-much-does-it-matter-191423938.html" target="_blank">http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/former-miss-america-contestant-reveals-she-s--queer---how-much-does-it-matter-191423938.html</a><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><div id=yiv0860018401ecxyiv3835568223yqtfd67796><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span 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