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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:49 PM
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LGBT families 'moved from front of the line' at WH
After waiting outside overnight to be among the first to enter this year's White House Easter Egg Roll, families in line were surprised to learn that the White House had changed the ticketing policy for the annual event, PageOneQ has learned.

The unannounced change means that the families who waited in line the longest, in one case for twenty-four hours, will not be among the visitors at the event's opening ceremonies. The first families in line, who were not part of the LGBT family group, received tickets with an 11:00am entrance time, two hours later than the opening time listed in the White House press release.

Various media reports have publicized participation of lesbian and gay families, including a piece in the New York Times, which ran on April 10th, and media representatives were interviewing families in the line about the small swirl of controversy created by the decision of LGBT families to participate in the annual event. This morning, cameras from approximately half a dozen television stations, including CNN, were on the Ellipse, interviewing families about the decision of LGBT parents to participate.

http://pageoneq.com/news/2006/eggroll_041506.html
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 10:14 PM
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1. Theocracy by the neocons at work
The GOP will do anything and everything to see that the theocrats in the South turn out next election. Frist has already said he will work on far right wing social issues to draw in the rabid core.
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Neil Lisst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:21 PM
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2. and you thought the Bush admin.couldn't get any more chickenshit
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:08 AM
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3. Now that's just evil!
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quaoar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:10 AM
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4. They must be afraid
that homosexuality is contagious.
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