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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:11 PM
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Conservatives Rail Against Book Claim Lincoln Was Gay
http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/12/122004lincoln.htm

A new book that claims Lincoln was bisexual or gay has Republicans fuming. The party that is pushing to have same-sex marriage outlawed was seething Monday as the first copies of The Intimate World of Abraham was being rushed to bookstores. After all, Lincoln is regarded as the founder of the GOP.

The book by noted gay author C. A. Tripp lays out the 'evidence' in a tome that is expected to be fodder for heated debate over the next few months. Unfortunately Tripp won't be around to take part. He died shortly after the manuscript was delivered to the publisher.

Tripp was a professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He previously wrote The Homosexual Matrix and was a researcher for the Kinsey Institute. The Intimate World of Abraham is the result of more than 20 years of studying Lincoln's private life


these people need to get a life

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MemphisTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:13 PM
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1. If the next book was that Reagan
was gay, you'll see freepers jumping off bridges. It's fun to see freepers go insane.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:20 PM
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4. You mean Nancy is female ?
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MemphisTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:20 PM
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5. I needed that laugh today, Thanks
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RoeBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:13 PM
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2. I find his claim as offensive as if he were to...
Edited on Mon Dec-20-04 03:18 PM by RoeBear
...say MLK was gay.

Both were heroes to the Black community.
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:22 PM
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6. Why is it offensive?
What is offensive about suggesting that a man who is a hero to the black community was bisexual?
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Darknyte7 Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:23 PM
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7. And if he was???
Lincoln or King for that matter... SO?!?!?!?
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:19 PM
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3. isn't that how the log cabins came up with their name ?
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:23 PM
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8. duplicate topic
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