Far right targets Pennsylvania youth group

davidinalameda

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Wed Jul-30-03 04:45 PM
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Far right targets Pennsylvania youth group

http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=9438&sd=07/30/03

The far-right American Family Association of Pennsylvania is criticizing a gay-straight alliance in Erie, Pa., saying that the club's agenda could lead to discrimination against other students, particularly those with strong religious convictions.

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Philosophy

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Wed Jul-30-03 04:59 PM
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1. It always makes me chuckle

when right-wing Christian fundamentalist cry that people are infringing upon their "right" to hate and oppress others.

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kainah

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Wed Jul-30-03 05:25 PM
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3. and these days they cloak that in

religious freedom. This is the argument they have been using in the Senate judiciary committee. It's very clever & reminds me of when the white supremacists switched to their white pride game. No Ku Klux Klan, now it's National Association for Advancement of White People. The religious right is doing the same thing. We're not discriminating against your religion, we just want to make sure there are no brakes on OUR right to religion. Clever but, hopefully, it will not work any better for them than it did for David Duke -- who looks a lot like Norm Coleman, don't you think?

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Muddleoftheroad

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Wed Jul-30-03 06:08 PM
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6. Hate

They have every right to hate. It's freedom of speech, even if it sucks.

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David__77

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Wed Jul-30-03 05:23 PM
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2. ludicrous...

If they want, they can have a "religious nutcase club."

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GregW

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Wed Jul-30-03 05:28 PM
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4. Here's a far right youth group ...

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xchrom

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Wed Jul-30-03 05:53 PM
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5. ok that's scary

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Samuraimad

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Wed Jul-30-03 06:38 PM
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7. If the boy scouts can discriminate

as long as they recieve no gov't funding...

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