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Rainbow Flags at Half Mast
America may treat its lesbian and gay citizens shabbily, but that ill treatment has done little to dampen the spirit of patriotism brought to the surface by Tuesday's awful terrorist attacks against our nation. In San Francisco the huge rainbow flag which marks the famed Castro District flies at half mast. A pall hangs over streets that are usually filled with partiers. A makeshift memorial with vases of flowers and handwritten notes is growing at the corner of Castro and 18th Street. Inside Slider's Cafe, a popular eatery, most of the tables are filled with somber eyed couples and singles all silently staring at the television at the end of the room showing coverage of the tragedy. Next door, Cliff's Variety and Hardware sold out their large supply of American flags within hours. America may not particularly love its gay citizens, but those same gay citizens hold their country and their fellow Americans close to their heart.
Paul Barwick Remembering Hiroshima
My heartfelt sympathies to everyone in New York and Washington - gay and straight - affected by this crime against humanity.
Solidarity! Jerry Falwell Loves Saddam Hussein For those of you upset over the statements made (by Falwell) about gays, lesbians, the ACLU, abortion rights advocates, and others, I think the following information is highly pertinent. In a statement released by Marla Stevens, Director of Public Policy, LGBT Fairness Indiana on September 14, she says, "At about the time this was being broadcast in Bloomington and Indianapolis, Saddam Hussein was also saying that America enraged God and thus we Americans brought this on ourselves." Enough said.
David Williams
No More Innocents I don't know about the rest of the world, but yesterday's tragedy will always stand out in my mind as one of the worst days in history of existence. It is important that we all remember that we are human, if people can encompass that one basic fact, then death as a result of ignorance and misunderstanding would not be the result. Keep those who died and their families forever in your heart. Keep hope alive that this act of terrorism will not ensue in anymore innocent lives lost. Cole Barker |
The scenes of devastation in New York are reminiscent of the carnage at
Hiroshima, when a U.S. atomic bomb killed 130,000 innocent civilians.
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