Original sentence: He argued against certain torts and complaints from the disabled.He wrote at least one column condemning gay-bashing.Raspberry sometimes supported gay rights, but not always.The Ragged Edge, a disabled-rights publication, published complaints from letters to the editor that the Washington Post did not print
Edited sentence: Despite his long history of supporting civil rights for racial minorities, he had a mixed record on supporting civil rights for homosexuals and bisexuals, though he wrote at least one column condemning gay-bashing.His record as a civil rights supporter was also marred by a column on November 16, 1998, in which he argued strenuously for the denial of civil rights to people with disabilities.However, protests were published in the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Columbus Dispatch, and in online forums.Response to his position was immediate, but a major disability rights publication, The Ragged Edge, revealed that his host paper, the Washington Post, was refusing to print letters to the editor protesting Raspberry's stance