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Anti-gay group calls for boycott of Harvey Milk stamp
MSNBC ^ | May 29, 2014 | Emma Margolin

Posted on 06/01/2014 8:52:31 AM PDT by EveningStar

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To: EveningStar

And one of his ‘lovers’ killed himself. So, that might be a stereotype gays would not like to be associated with, a high suicide rate, sad when anyone does it but Milk is one of if not the most famous homosexual in US history and such a thing happened in one of his relationships.


41 posted on 06/01/2014 1:23:13 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: RedMDer

Bttt


42 posted on 06/01/2014 1:41:18 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: EveningStar; Chode

If they give Harvey Milk one why not Jeff Dahmer?


43 posted on 06/01/2014 1:46:47 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana
prolly next on the list...
44 posted on 06/01/2014 2:40:20 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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45 posted on 06/01/2014 2:41:50 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: highball
The only thing it'll accomplish is making all conservatives look like unhinged loons

The AFA has been making conservatives look like unhinged loons since 1977. They boycott anything and everything that they perceive as immoral, the end result often being a backlash that brings support and free publicity to those companies they're boycotting.

As far as I can tell, they've only had two successes; in 1986 they joined forces with feminists to have Playboy and Penthouse pulled from the shelves of 7-11. They tried the same thing shortly after with Walden Books and were basically told to get bent.

In the early 2000s they succeeded in forcing clothier Abercrombie and Fitch to remove their borderline pornographic catalogs from the store's checkout counters. (It should be noted that plenty of reasonable people found these catalogs offensive, particularly since they were marketed towards teens.)

The AFA failed epically in going after Ford for advertising in gay magazines. Ford acquiesced at first but the public backlash was so severe that Ford apologized and then doubled-down on gay advertisements. Pretty much every company that has ever paid for an advertisement in a gay magazine has been on the receiving end of an AFA boycott. Whether or not they felt it is debatable.

In 2012, the AFA reminded Americans that Archie Comics still existed when they boycotted it for having a gay character.

46 posted on 06/01/2014 5:51:42 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Hugin

I can’t tell my mailman not to drop them off...I think. I read something about a way to do it that made sense, but can’t remember.
Can I tell the mailman not to deliver them?


47 posted on 06/01/2014 6:47:42 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Moonman62

I looked them up on Google, & it said “hate site”.
I read today on BarbWire.com that England has made homophobia illegal. Are they making the Bible illegal, too?


48 posted on 06/01/2014 6:52:08 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: NetAddicted
England has made homophobia illegal

Of course Muslims are exempt.

49 posted on 06/01/2014 6:52:40 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Well, other than 9-11, what’s so wrong about Muslims? At least they’re against homosexuality.


50 posted on 06/01/2014 6:57:24 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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Well, other than 9-11, what’s so wrong about Muslims?

Well other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

51 posted on 06/01/2014 7:07:03 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: NetAddicted

You can probably mark them “return to sender” and put them back in the box. Maybe they would return them. Still stupid.


52 posted on 06/01/2014 10:11:01 PM PDT by Hugin
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