whatever you have to say to yourself ;) Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:47 AM Subject: Re: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh
> Don't ever equate close-mindedness with the place of the parents when it > comes to education. > > Also, don't assume that because I don't want a public school to go into > the details of the medical and mental reasons for homosexuality that I > am close-minded. > > From a personal perspective it is my choice when and how my child is > educated about sensetive and contreversial subjects. This need not be > restricted to sexual orientation, but can be extended to religons other > than the one my family practices, marriage and divorce, money skills, > manners, respect and courtesies, etc. > > Hatton > > Bill Wheatley wrote: > > > To quote one of those quotes from the other days email > > > > Saying you don't approve of homosexuality is like saying you don't approve > > of rain. > > > > Its like saying you don't want schools to teach kids about rain and > > close-minded people can be as close-minded as they want > > I just find it incredibly funny how people can be sometimes. > > > > Bill Wheatley > > Senior Database Developer > > Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer > > EDIETS.COM > > 954.360.9022 X159 > > ICQ 417645 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:55 AM > > Subject: Re: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > > > > > >>The Civil Rights movement was originally designed to try and break down > >>the barriers that kept blacks out of board rooms and country clubs. I > >>am in complete agreement with the concept of making sure that the color > >>of a person's skin, their religous or sexual preferences... even nasty > >>habits all be ignored when it comes to jobs, benifits and freedoms. > >> > >>However, I also agree wholeheartedly that I should not be forced to have > >>my daughter taught that "sometimes men just love men and women just love > >>women" when she gets to elementary school. > >> > >>Hatton > >> > >>Larry Lyons wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Given that the consensus now is that homosexuality is biologically > >>> > > based, I > > > >>>take it that you consider it ok to discriminate against people based on > >>>factors that they cannot control. > >>> > >>>Isn't that what the civil rights stuff in the late 50's and early 60's > >>> > > was > > > >>>all about? > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Larry C. Lyons > >>>ColdFusion/Web Developer > >>>Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > >>>EBStor.com > >>>8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > >>>Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > >>>tel: (703) 393-7930 > >>>fax: (703) 393-2659 > >>>Web: http://www.ebstor.com > >>>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > >>>-- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>>Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:00 PM > >>>>To: CF-Community > >>>>Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Here is my take on Homosexuality. What you do in the privacy of your > >>>>own home is your business. I support equal rights for gay > >>>>people, they > >>>>are people, they don't however, deserve special rights. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>>Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 3:59 PM > >>>>To: CF-Community > >>>>Subject: Super Duper Contraversial post....heheh > >>>> > >>>>The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 > >>>>admonishments > >>>>to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love > >>>>heterosexuals. > >>>>It's just that they need more supervision. ~Lynn Lavner > >>>> > >>>>If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to > >>>>work: "Hello. > >>>>Can't work today, still queer." ~Robin Tyler > >>>> > >>>>I'd rather be black than gay because when you're black you don't have > >>>>to > >>>>tell your mother. ~Charles Pierce, 1980 > >>>> > >>>>War. Rape. Murder. Poverty. Equal rights for gays. Guess > >>>>which one the > >>>>Southern Baptist Convention is protesting? ~The Value of Families > >>>> > >>>>Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich were shaking hands congratulating > >>>>themselves on the introduction of an antigay bill in Congress. If it > >>>>passes, > >>>>they won't be able to shake hands, because it will then be > >>>>illegal for > >>>>a > >>>>prick to touch an asshole. ~Judy Carter > >>>> > >>>>'You could move.' ~Abigail Van Buren, "Dear Abby," in > >>>>response to a > >>>>reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across > >>>>the street > >>>>and > >>>>wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the > >>>>neighborhood. > >>>> > >>>>The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that > >>>>the > >>>>next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare > >>>>homosexuality > >>>>instead of running off to Canada. ~Lorne Bloch > >>>> > >>>>Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they > >>>>are > >>>>just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a > >>>>faggot?" > >>>>~ Jon Stewart > >>>> > >>>>My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out > >>>>there > >>>>praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share. ~Rita Mae Brown > >>>> > >>>>Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death > >>>>say > >>>>they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as > >>>>soldiers; > >>>>we should be used as weapons. ~Letter to the Editor, The Advocate > >>>> > >>>>You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to > >>>>be > >>>>able to shoot straight. ~Barry Goldwater > >>>> > >>>>Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men > >>>>holding guns than holding hands? ~Ernest Gaines > >>>> > >>>>My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it > >>>>were > >>>>broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror. > >>>>~W. Somerset Maugham > >>>> > >>>>Drag is when a man wears everything a lesbian won't. ~Author > >>>>Unknown > >>>> > >>>>If male homosexuals are called "gay," then female > >>>>homosexuals should be > >>>>called "ecstatic." ~Shelly Roberts > >>>> > >>>>My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen because she > >>>>thought > >>>>I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing latent about it. > >>>> ~Amanda > >>>>Bearse > >>>> > >>>>Some women can't say the word lesbian...even when their mouth is full > >>>>of > >>>>one. ~Kate Clinton > >>>> > >>>>No matter how far in or out of the closet you are, you still have a > >>>>next > >>>>step. ~Author Unknown > >>>> > >>>>It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of > >>>>homosexuality. > >>>>It's like disapproving of rain. ~Francis Maude > >>>> > >>>>The only queer people are those who don't love anybody. ~Rita Mae > >>>>Brown > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
