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From the category archives:
When I saw the title of this video, I naively assumed that it referred to Santa and his elves, who are do to make an appearance shortly, but it turns out that the people coming are much more ominous than an old man breaking in homes across the world. “They” are gay people, bent on [...]
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A few weeks ago, the Lee Newspapers in Montana were beside themselves because Governor Schweitzer made a series of jokes in a speech in Philadelphia. The Missoulian was especially horrified, spewing Republican talking points faster than Dick Morris in a 30 second interview. All the Lee papers ran a story by Jennifer McKee, suggesting there [...]
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An interesting letter to the editor today in the Independent Record advocates the removal of a book from the Lewis and Clark Library, claiming it is pornographic. The author of the letter, Paul Cohen, writes:
When I saw “The Joy of Gay Sex” on the Helena Public Library’s “New” bookshelf, I wondered, “What are they presenting [...]
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The mostly moribund Independent Record has seen a little life the past few weeks after a front page story about a two young women from Montana who recently married in California. Following a few weeks of letters to the editor, today the IR printed a column by former legislator Tom Rasmussen, who argues that we [...]
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Jesse Helms - the famous, über-conservative, former US senator from North Carolina - passed away this morning at 86 years of age. Ironic, as it is Independence day and now we’re free from yet another suppressive influence.
[The] Senator whose courtly manner and mossy drawl barely masked a hard-edged conservatism that opposed civil rights, [...]
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