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verse18

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Mon Mar-19-07 10:52 AM
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I have to change my avatar

Because of this foolishness.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/Church_wants_Elton_John_concert_canceled/20070316-125220-7512r/

KO did a piece about this last week.

This was my avatar

I was using the flag of Trinidad and Tobago because that is where my mother and her family are from and I'm proud of my West Indian heritage. Unfortunately, the Caribbean is a hotbed (pun intended) for rabid and rampant homophobia. Plus, Elton John is one of my most favorite performers ever.

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yellerpup

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Mon Mar-19-07 10:56 AM
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1. Oh, rich!

"He needs to be ministered unto," Isaac said. "His visit to the island can open the country to be tempted towards pursuing his lifestyle." I'm sure no one on Trinidad and Tobago has ever been tempted before.

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shadowknows69

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Mon Mar-19-07 11:00 AM
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3. If venues are going to start banning gay entertainment acts

all I can say is the stages might be a little lonely. Don't book The Who either Tobago, Pete Townsend came out a while back. REM is off the list as well. Hmmm, Mick Jagger once slept with David Bowie so they're both out.

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yellerpup

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Mon Mar-19-07 01:05 PM
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7. A little lonely, you say? They'll have to resort to the entertainment

Edited on Mon Mar-19-07 01:06 PM by yellerpup

that my Baptist cousins practiced when they went to summer camp. No singing, no dancing, no swimming in mixed company, but very one of them came back knocked up. That's entertainment!

Edited for spelling.

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Double T

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Mon Mar-19-07 10:58 AM
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2. Remember what the flag of Trinidad and Tobago means to YOU......

and definitely keep your avatar.

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verse18

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Mon Mar-19-07 11:02 AM
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4. I know what it means me.

But I'm gonna go ahead and change it. I like the Constitution better anyway :)

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muriel_volestrangler

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Mon Mar-19-07 11:07 AM
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5. Shouldn't it depend on what actually happens?

Rather than what a few priests are shouting about? The article doesn't say if 'typical' Tobagans (that is the right noun, isn't it?) think like the archdeacon or not.

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verse18

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Mon Mar-19-07 11:15 AM
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6. Have you seen Rosie O"Donnell's Family Cruise

They were at a port in the Caribbean, I can't remember which island, but they're stop was being protested even though it was a family event. The protester where screaming the most vile things to the couples and their children to the point where some of the children had to be taken back to the cruise ship because they were so upset. Unfortunately this is normal "Christian" behavior for most of the Caribbean. It is almost to the Fred Phelps level, but not quite.

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Catherine Vincent

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Mon Mar-19-07 01:10 PM
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9. Probably the Cayman Islands.

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mr_hat

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Mon Mar-19-07 01:07 PM
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8. Tiny Dancer had to have been a chick, though.

Right?

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