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Dispatch from THE GREAT STATE OF MAINE...
As reported at 365gay.com:
(Washington, D.C.) All images of gay gatherings at national sites, including the Millennium March on the Washington Mall have been ordered removed from videotapes that have been shown at the Lincoln Memorial since 1995 according to a civil service group.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) says that the directive came from National Parks Service Deputy Director Donald Murphy. Murphy is said to have been concerned about pictures in the video that showed same-sex couples kissing and holding hands after conservative groups complained.
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Also ordered cut from the tape were scenes of abortion rights demonstrations at the memorial, and anti-Vietnam War demonstrations "because it implies that Lincoln would have supported homosexual and abortion rights as well as feminism."
In their place, the Park Service is inserting scenes of the Christian group Promise Keepers and pro-Gulf War demonstrators though these events did not take place at the Memorial in what Murphy calls a "more balanced" version.
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Last July, Murphy ordered the Grand Canyon National Park to return three bronze plaques bearing biblical verses to public viewing areas on the Canyon's South Rim.
Wow. These actions---small as they might seem---add up to a big wet kiss on the mouth of religious conservatism. Can you imagine what things will be like if Bush gets 4 more years to make us even more of a fundamentalist nation? It's beyond frightening. That's why people like Nader need to stay on the sidelines (or, better yet, actively support the Democratic nominee), and why the democratic party needs to work overtime to ensure the election of the nominee...whether they like him or her or not.
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