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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:07 AM
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Missouri university board member resigns after gay slur
JOPLIN, Mo. | A member of Missouri Southern State University's board of governors has resigned, two days after using a homosexual slur during a meeting.

David Ansley announced his resignation Monday in a long statement apologizing for what he called his "unacceptable comment."

During Saturday's board meeting, Ansley praised a revamped logo adopted two years ago for Missouri Southern athletics. He described the new logo as a "ferocious lion" and used a homosexual slur to describe the lion shown in the previous logo.

Ansley's term on the Missouri Southern board expired last August, but he continued to serve pending appointment of a replacement by Gov. Jay Nixon.

Ansley is a 1970 graduate of Missouri Southern. He was appointed to the Joplin school's governing board in 2004 by then-Gov. Bob Holden.

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/02/22/1766434/missouri-university-board-member.html
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:10 AM
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1. Good riddance.
Anti-gay slurs are unacceptable.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 09:54 AM
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2. Amen
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 10:17 AM
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3. Don't let the door hitcha, bubba.
Recommended.

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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 10:18 AM
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4. Ditto,
K and R as well.
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