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Dave W.
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 Posted - 03/21/2004 : 00:38:35
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I missed this on CNN. Rhea county commissioners, in Tennessee, voted unanimously to ban gays from the county. When told that such a ban was unconstitutional, they met again two days later, and unanimously overturned their previous decision.
Here's a snippet from PlanetOut:quote:
The indignation [towards the first decision] was palpable in a letter to the editor published Wednesday in a local newspaper, The Chattanoogan.
"What an embarrassment to watch on CNN the twang-talking, tobacco-spitting, Bible-desecrating, hate crime offenders prance their medieval age beliefs, leaving the rest of the world confirmed on previous assumptions of what an often backwoods, cow-tipping, discriminating state Tennessee is said to be," wrote Lucy Bach of Chattanooga.
The fact that this went down in the county in which the Scopes trial occured should not be overlooked.
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Renae
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Posted - 03/21/2004 : 07:45:31 [Permalink]
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What were the Rhea county commissioners thinking? That they could just up and BAN people they don't like? They needed someone to TELL THEM their vote was unconstitutional?
I love Lucy Bach's quote and hereby invitate her to join us on SFN.  Lucy, if you're reading.... |
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furshur
SFN Regular
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Posted - 03/22/2004 : 08:34:01 [Permalink]
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What do they mean by a gay ban.
Is that like the group Queen or something? Or is 'gay ban' like 'Ben Gay'?
Oh wait, this is about not letting Gay people live in the county...
I have to problems with that:
1. How do you know who is gay.
2. Where are they going to find interior decorators to fix up their trailers.
These people really have way too much time on their hands.
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furshur
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Posted - 03/22/2004 : 08:39:08 [Permalink]
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I love this quote from the article:
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"What an embarrassment to watch on CNN the twang-talking, tobacco-spitting, Bible-desecrating, hate crime offenders prance their medieval age beliefs, leaving the rest of the world confirmed on previous assumptions of what an often backwoods, cow-tipping, discriminating state Tennessee is said to be," wrote Lucy Bach of Chattanooga.
Tobacco-spitting Cow-tippers, what hoot!
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Ricky
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tomk80
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Netherlands
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Posted - 04/08/2004 : 22:46:13 [Permalink]
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| I'm just curious. Did their law also state anything about importing music in the state from say... Elton John for example? |
Tom
`Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, `if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.'
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2004 : 06:19:00 [Permalink]
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Well, this Albuquerque Tribune columnist had this to say:Come on! If you're gonna be ignorant, go all the way.
I say, let them ban gays and lesbians from their county. I say take it beyond that. I say ban everything that even suggests gayness. And there's only one way to be sure, and that's to strip Rhea County of all things fabulous and/or sparkly.
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Of course, certain subversive CDs and/or albums that make you feel like dancing, thinking, connecting emotionally or being happy, i.e. gay, in any way - Cher, Judy Garland, John Lennon, Johnny Mathis, Melissa Etheridge, U2, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Donny Osmond - gotta go. (Marie Osmond is OK, 'cause she's a little bit country. But Donny, well, he's a little bit rock 'n' roll.) No mention of Bennie and the Jets, specifically. |
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Woody D
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Posted - 04/09/2004 : 14:36:20 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
Well, this Albuquerque Tribune columnist had this to say:[bq][i]Come on! If you're gonna be ignorant, go all the way.
I say, let them ban gays and lesbians from their county. I say take it beyond that. I say ban everything that even suggests gayness. And there's only one way to be sure, and that's to strip Rhea County of all things fabulous and/or sparkly.
I've always had a fear of visiting the South. Don't know if there's a name for that or not.
And people keep telling me it's ok, I shouldn't worry.
Hum!
But I refuse to throw away my sparkly capes and buy overalls just to keep from getting arrested.
Did we miss something, when did Tennessee get elected to overturn the Constitution? |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 04/09/2004 : 16:14:07 [Permalink]
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On behalf of tobacco-chewers everywhere, I must protest! We gave up 'cow-tipping' a long time ago.
I seem to recall reading that, after all the outcry and general hilarity, the commissioners back down. Sorry, no reference.
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Dave W.
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Posted - 04/09/2004 : 17:42:13 [Permalink]
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filthy wrote:quote:
I seem to recall reading that, after all the outcry and general hilarity, the commissioners back down. Sorry, no reference.
Um, just re-read the first post, above. |
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filthy
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Posted - 04/09/2004 : 18:07:23 [Permalink]
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Aha, I see!
What happened is that I have a lot of difficulty reading small fonts, and as I'd already read it eleswhere, I shined it on.
Ah well. It ain't the first time I've looked dumb.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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byhisgrace88
Formerly "creation88"
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2004 : 18:35:40 [Permalink]
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| I regret to say that I live in the northeast, where being gay is accepted as normal. I as a chrstian hate gays as so many people think we do. But I dis-agree with them on almost every topic spiritualy and sociely. Therefore there not generally the people I hang out with. Nor do I tend to hang out with people who have careless sex. Or a husband who is not faithful to his wife. I believe in the eyes of God, that no matter how Bible-banging typical christian it sounds, these are just as sinnful in God's eyes as being gay. So instead of saying I live in a region that is to accepting of gay's. I should say I live in a country that to accepting of sinnful sexual behavior. |
Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desire, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.-- C.S. Lewis |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 04/09/2004 : 18:47:32 [Permalink]
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Creation88, I've just gotta ask how you know these things? Do you ask people, "hey, have you ever been unfaithful to your wife?" A guy who cheats on his wife and lies about it to her is even more likely to lie about it to you. Same goes for "careless sex" (whatever you mean by that). How do you know that the people around you aren't gay?
And where, exactly, is homosexuality declared to be a sin, anyway? Where is "careless sex" declared to be a sin? |
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tomk80
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Posted - 04/09/2004 : 19:14:45 [Permalink]
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I as a chrstian hate gays as so many people think we do.
I'm just going to assume very hard that this is a typo. Also for the rest of your post, please check your grammar and spelling. I really had a hard time reading your post.
I talked to quite a few biblical literalists in the Netherlands. Funny thing is they don't seem to agree at all with your position. According to them, nowhere in the bible is it stated that being gay is a sin. However, they do state that having sex with a person of the same gender as yourself is a sin. That is a big difference (whether you agree with either side or not). |
Tom
`Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, `if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.'
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