RE: [Mpls] Bravo to Scott Benson (was "10 gays....")

2001-10-21 Thread David Brauer
Sorry, there was a bollixed-up paragraph in my last post. Then, of course, there's the bold-faced stereotyping. In other contexts, Michael is a resolute advocate of well-designed objective tests. I challenge him to compile whatever he considers city-level "gay agenda" items, then cite believes he

RE: [Mpls] Bravo to Scott Benson (was "10 gays....")

2001-10-21 Thread David Brauer
Michael notes: > > Stonewall's Agenda: > > http://www.StonewallDFL.org/resolutions/resolutions.htm > > National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Agenda: > > http://www.ngltf.org/issues/index.cfm > > Denial is not going to help anyone. No, but neither is misdirection. Remember, this whole debate

Re: [Mpls] Bravo to Scott Benson (was "10 gays....")

2001-10-21 Thread Eva Young
At 08:45 AM 10/21/2001 -0500, Michael Atherton wrote: >Eva Young wrote: > >> I've never quite understood what the "homosexual agenda" is. >> > >Stonewall's Agenda: > >http://www.StonewallDFL.org/resolutions/resolutions.htm > >National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Agenda: > >http://www.ngltf.org/is

Re: [Mpls] Bravo to Scott Benson (was "10 gays....")

2001-10-21 Thread Michael Atherton
Eva Young wrote: > I've never quite understood what the "homosexual agenda" is. > Stonewall's Agenda: http://www.StonewallDFL.org/resolutions/resolutions.htm National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Agenda: http://www.ngltf.org/issues/index.cfm Denial is not going to help anyone. Michael Ather

Re: [Mpls] Bravo to Scott Benson (was "10 gays....")

2001-10-20 Thread Eva Young
At 03:55 PM 10/20/2001 -0500, Patrick Peterson wrote: >Scott makes a good point -- if Stenglein campaigned on such homophobic >drivel, it's not hard to see why he lost in the primary. > >One interesting thing: Stenglein is from Northeast (where I am also from), >a generally conservative area of

Re: [Mpls] Bravo to Scott Benson (was "10 gays....")

2001-10-20 Thread Michael Atherton
Patrick Peterson wrote: > Scott makes a good point -- if Stenglein campaigned on such homophobic > drivel, it's not hard to see why he lost in the primary. As I said, "Minneapolis politics seems to have a lot to do with placing people who hold opposing viewpoints on the other side of the rainbow

[Mpls] Bravo to Scott Benson (was "10 gays....")

2001-10-20 Thread Patrick Peterson
Scott makes a good point -- if Stenglein campaigned on such homophobic drivel, it's not hard to see why he lost in the primary. One interesting thing: Stenglein is from Northeast (where I am also from), a generally conservative area of the city. Although he took NE, Stenglein is out of touch