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Asteroid named for gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny
Associated Press ^ | July 10, 2012 | BRETT ZONGKER

Posted on 07/10/2012 10:22:00 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Canadian amateur astronomer who discovered several asteroids has named one after gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny who died last year in Washington.

Kameny was a U.S. government astronomer in the 1950s who was fired from his job for being gay. He contested the firing all the way to the Supreme Court and organized the first gay rights protests outside the White House in the 1960s.

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KEYWORDS: asteroid; catastrophism; frankkameny; gayasteroid; homosexual; homosexualagenda
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Someday it will be sucked into a black hole.


21 posted on 07/10/2012 10:44:43 AM PDT by Lockbar (I promise to move fire-wood twice a day.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

My mama told me to avoid impact events from assteroids originating from the Crab Nebula...


22 posted on 07/10/2012 10:45:19 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Astronaut Ben Dover will fly up and take a look at this here assteroid.


23 posted on 07/10/2012 10:46:29 AM PDT by albie
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To: Nervous Tick
The way these fag activists work — they start out wanting something little like an asteroid named after ‘em — but before long they’ll be demanding that you give ‘em Uranus.

Oh my, that is a good twist on an old joke.

24 posted on 07/10/2012 11:25:48 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The usual propagandistic reporting. He wasn't fired for "being" gay but after being arrested by the police in a notorious "cruising" area in Washington, D.C. He became a very militant gay activist which is probably why he was selected by the Canadian astronomer to be honored.

The asteroid "honored" with his name seems to be a normal asteroid with an orbit between Mars and Jupiter. If they were serious about pushing the "safe sex" message, shouldn't they have named one of the Trojan asteroids after Kameny?

25 posted on 07/10/2012 11:31:16 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Free ThinkerNY

is this an official name or one of those “memory in a book” BS?

It seems not enough were and are being fired.


26 posted on 07/10/2012 11:55:40 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wouldn’t it be ironic if someday this asteroid crashed into San Francisco?


27 posted on 07/10/2012 12:48:48 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Obama.....He's got your back (pocket) so he can steal your wallet.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Beavis and Butthead would be right at home on this thread. “Assteroid!”


28 posted on 07/10/2012 12:58:58 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He was bent upon honoring somebody south of the border, so to speak.


29 posted on 07/10/2012 4:50:21 PM PDT by Rocky (Obama is pure evil)
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Frank Kameny was with another man.

Damn, that was subtle. ;’)

Thanks Free ThinkerNY.


30 posted on 07/10/2012 6:31:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Thanks Free ThinkerNY.



31 posted on 07/10/2012 6:34:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Asteroid named for gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny,

..but why would they name an asteroid, “Flaming A**hole”?????


32 posted on 07/13/2012 7:40:27 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If he was a gay rights pioneer, does that mean he went where no man had gone before???? eeeewwwww....


33 posted on 07/13/2012 7:41:43 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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