[Mpls] Re: smoke or drink

[Jim Bernstein]

The most tortured "argument" against Minneapolis smoking restrictions
ever!  The "Nazi thing" was a non-starter but this?  What's next?
Working women are destroying the American family? Integration is
destroying the American family?  

There is no "argument" to accept or reject here.  The premise is utterly
false and without substance! 

Jim Bernstein
Fulton


-----Original Message-----
From: mpls-bounces at mnforum.org [mailto:mpls-bounces at mnforum.org] On
Behalf Of Michael Atherton
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 3:15 PM
To: mpls at mnforum.org
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Re: smoke or drink
 
Consider this argument:  "Homosexuality is destroying the American
family.  In order to provide support for families to be happy
and prosperous it is necessary to ban homosexual marriages and
so called 'civil' unions. Doing so will not only benefit families, 
but will help protect homosexuals from their own self-destructive 
behavior. This is also a matter of public health because research has 
shown that the frequency of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases

(STDs) is higher among homosexuals than the normal population.  It is
also 
a scientifically proven fact that STDs can be transmitted to the general

population though contact in public restrooms and homosexuals are known
to 
immorally and recklessly engage in sodomy in public places, especially
parks 
where they risk infecting small children."
 
If you either accept this argument or don't see the parallels
between it and the anti-smoking campaign, then America really is
at risk and not from secondhand smoke or the gay community.

Michael Atherton
Prospect Park





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