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The extreme right wing has successfully pressured some Cook County Commissioners into punishing Chicago economically and culturally by having them rescind their welcome of The Gay Games.
Last month, Cook County commissioners unanimously approved a measure welcoming the Olympic-style games to Chicago next year. But since then, five of the 17 commissioners have yanked their names from that welcome.
"There's a big difference between tolerating and celebrating homosexuality," said the Illinois Family Institute's Peter LaBarbera. "For governments to be using taxpayer money and big corporations spending money to sponsor this, we think the average Joe sees that as being just a little bit off."
Could you imagine the uproar if this were any other minority? Tens of thousands of gay people are offering to spend money and support Chicago, and these five commissioners slap them in the face. These are the type of politicians that should be recalled from office. Not only are they discriminatory, they are willing to cost the city money, prestige and jobs to support the radical agenda of narrow anti-gay interest groups.
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Some people don't want to believe that persecution of homosexual is growing in the Western hemisphere. We have to stay vigilant and protect our rights, because the right wingers are using all kind of dirthy tactics to continue lying about homosexuality and convince ignorant people that homosexuality is wrong or sinful. I am confident that those people will be accountable for their actions the day of judgement. I am sure that they will have to answer for the sin of hate, aside from the sin of falsely accusing gay and Lesbian people of wrongdoing, ,and for proclaiming themselves righteous. They are nothing but pharesees, whitened tombs,decorated outside but rooten inside. But for now, we all have to wathch out, since these people are capable of ANYTHING to prove themselves right... even when they are wrong.
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7/21/2005 1:40 PM
