Organization: Virginia Department of Health
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia
Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 22:25:39 EST
From:         "Michael A. Kline" <MKLINE@VDH.BITNET>
Subject:      Colorado Vote-4

    Colorado Vote, Part 4
    Preferential treatment of homosexuals, visit Colorado--------------->

    Now, along the lines of all of this, comes Barbara Streisand. Let us
show you. This is probably something you've seen before, but we just want
to frame this for you so you can see it again. This is Barbara Streisand
after they passed out in Colorado, Amendment 2, which by the way, it does
NOT take away anybody's rights. It simply doesn't grant anybody any
special rights. It's being portrayed as anti-gay. It's being portrayed as
taking rights away. It doesn't do that.

    This didn't sit well with Babbs Streisand, and so. I did it, you
know, I did it. Anyhow, this is what she said.

    BS: "And there are plenty of us who love the mountains and rivers of
that truly beautiful state. But we must now say clearly that the moral
climate there is no longer acceptable."

    Rush: Now my reaction to that is: "The moral climate is no longer
acceptable." Who does she say is always trying to impose their morality
on people? She says it's us, you and me, people who are conservative. But
it sounds to me like it's Barbara Streisand who's trying to impose her
version of morality on people, by suggesting that there be an economic
boycott.

    Well people have taken her at her words and there have been some
economic boycotts out there so the mayor of Denver, a guy named
Wellington Webb, is talking to anybody who will listen, "Hey please,
don't boycott our city." He's actually out now on a convention and
visitors bureau tour sort of, trying to get tourism back in. Coming to
New York, going to talk to the mayor here, General Dinkins. Now the
General's got some problems cause with political correctness, got a black
mayor here, but he comes from a state that voted down a gay rights
ordinance. It's a big problem.

    There's a feminist group in New York called the Lesbian Avengers.
They held a press conference today, about 5 of them, EVERY NEWS CAMERA IN
THE WORLD WAS THERE. And the Lesbian Avengers said "We don't think this
mayor from Denver should be out trying to break this boycott. Why he has
a step-son who's gay." So the mayor, according to the Lesbian Avengers,
ought to be out supporting the boycott. Ought to be asking people to stay
away from his state, stay away from his city.

    I mean the only thing I can think he might have a point is, if I were
the mayor of Denver, Elway Hurt, I'd say to all the NFL teams, "Don't
come in to play us because we'll lose." But other than that, I don't
blame him at all for what he's doing.

    So there's a lot of hypocrisy, and there's a lot of fun. And this
Boulder Colorado thing is absolutely a hoot, because really folks, all
I've done out there is attach meaning to what they've said. And now you
know.

    In a later show, a store bag was shown from the same newspaper that
criticized Rush, that said "Hunger Hurts" and was asking donations for
the hungry in Colorado. Why? Who knows?

    They asked some of the poor street people of New York if they would
like to go to Colorado. They couldn't find any takers. The street people
thought Colorado was "too cold", "not developed", "Looks primitive." If
there's no buildings, there's no place to sleep.

    The Lesbian Avengers where shown protesting outside CBS. Boycott
Colorado. Not very many people, but TONS of media cameras. They are
following the mayor around and protesting where ever he is as he tries to
get business drummed up for Colorado.

    He again said, "Go to Colorado."

    MAKS> I'll be calling it quits here, as far as I know, unless
something else comes out. This takes a lot of time and I think that
covers the shows from this week. As far as posting on Christian lists, I
think this shows injustice and I think Christians should be concerned if
not for anything else other than to pray.

    In His Love,
    Maks
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