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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:50 AM Original message |
What Happened At Constance McMillen’s Prom |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. It seems to me like the whole point is discrimination-- |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. The one thing I REALLY don't get about fundies |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. couldnt agree more |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Fear is their life |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 04:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Thus, they live out the pathology of the bully. |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. yes. fear is their drug of choice |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
46. Hence, "Persecuted Christians." |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
73. LOL - Nice chart. n/t |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. "They're afraid of everything and want everybody to be afraid of them." |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
42. FEAR DRIVEN. Baggers, Fundies, the whole lot. And they must be kept from power because of this. |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
77. Exactly. Very weak, ignorant, and fearful people. Pathetic. |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 04:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Kudos! |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. exactly. Well said, XemaSab |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
62. f you train up a child to do right, they won't veer off course. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. What wrong choices? |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. probably choices like: unprotected sex & driving drunk.. I'd put those in the categories |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. It's because they "believe" in a Being that is omni-potent, has the power |
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hapkidogal (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Down there? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. It's the oldest trick in the book--divide and conquer. Train your population to be |
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hapkidogal (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
60. You only missed |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. Well, that's why you dumb them down with irrationality. What word did I miss? |
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hapkidogal (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Yes |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #72 |
83. Reminds me of an old Beach Boys song. |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
44. This is absolutely true, but the southern U.S. is above average |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. but the southern U.S. is above average |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. In our small NC town, the current issue is alcohol sales. I've never seen our local fundies so |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Years ago, the bootleggers and the ministers here colluded to prohibit alcohol sales. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I have no doubt that those same coalitions are at work here, and the "big" |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. About 30 years ago a friend of mine got run out of Lubbock, TX |
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HawkerHurricane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
56. Who profits from prohibition? |
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d_r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
66. The wildest party I've ever been to |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. I don't get that either, but I also don't get why they are willing to lie, cheat, steal and kill |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. And they obsess about sex! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
80. tells us a lot about their so-called "faith" |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. Did Constance appear on the Wanda Sykes show? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
47. yeah |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Constance was great! |
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dencol (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. Gays need a militant organization. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I am sorry that you have to endure discrimination. And, yes, members of the GLBT |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I gave up on HRC |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Same here |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. I thought so too until HRC threw all gender non-conforming people |
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dencol (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
67. Thanks =). I agree with you about the HRC. |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Is Queer Nation still in business? |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. 3 couples, and someone with a goat, attended--- but at least the goat was straight |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. +1 |
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anachro1 (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Never mind that goat |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
68. Was when he got there, anyway |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. I hope school officials were involved. Gives McMillen a much better lawsuit if they were. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. This gay guy wasn't fooled for a minute. |
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terrell9584 (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. I'm from Mississippi |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Nail. Hit. Head. I have been surprised by that most of all. If this |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
79. She's been out since eighth grade. |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. That puts a entirely different light on the matter. |
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catrose (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. So what happened to the offers by AHA, DU, the hotel owner in NO? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
49. Yeah, I was ready to donate for the best prom ever. |
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anachro1 (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Shooting themselves in the foot again.... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. I doubt it, sovereign immunity is still alive and well |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. ".....cannibal christans they suffer so..." |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
35. Who were the seven kids who showed up? |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
36. Bastards. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
38. Enraging, but sadly not surprising. |
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proReality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
40. What dark, petty, shriveled little minds those people have. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Exactly - are these parents in junior high or something |
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Speciesamused (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
45. Mandatory, Compulsory Educational schools in America are like prisons.. |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
48. I'm all for unlimited LGBT rights, but in general I think proms/dances are a waste of time. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
50. This is such BS. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
51. Fuck....words fail me too. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
53. They owe all those kids a prom. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
54. That site's broken, does anyone have a mirror of the article? (nt) |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. google mirror |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Thanks! (nt) |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
55. Conspiracy to defraud? |
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cecilfirefox (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
57. I suspect the other students that went to the fake prom- |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I figured either that or they were McMillen's supporters and kept out for that reason. (nt) |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
61. This is horrible. I know Constance will come |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
63. the schools's LAWYERS announced this? that seems like malpractice right there |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
75. My Reading of the first Thread is there has been no court action |
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ScottLand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
74. For shame! How can we expect the kids to grow up |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. See my previous post, such discrimination is legal under Federal law |
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ropi (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
78. and yet.. they wonder why bullying stil goes on in schools? |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
82. backwater, redneck, god loving bunch of hate-filled hypocritical bigots |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
84. I send Constance McMillen a good wish so that she becomes strong |
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