********* Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:54:51 -0500 From: Morris Cornell-Morgan <mcornellat_private> To: declanat_private Subject: "Woman Questioned Over Email To Homophobic Legislator" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-UIDL: c7d018367b41919c25665d836e4568bd Declan- I originally saw this on soc.youth.support.gay-lesbian-bi and thought you might be interested. The incident that provoked the e-mail is detailed at http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Alerts/States/Florida/antigay.html and continued at http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Alerts/States/Florida/legislator.html -Morris http://www.bloomington.in.us/~yamahaha/ http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Alerts/States/Florida/questioned.html Associated Press, April 17, 2001 Secret Service questions woman about e-mail sent to lawmakers PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- A woman upset at a state lawmaker for criticizing four gay activists was questioned by two U.S. Secret Service agents after she sent the legislator, Gov. Jeb Bush and President Bush a scathing e-mail about the comments. Margaret Richards, a 58-year-old seamstress, said she sent Rep. Allen Trovillion an e-mail saying a firing squad would be lenient punishment for making the comments and blaming him for helping "appoint a dictator to the White House." Richards said she sent carbon copies of the message to the governor and President. The two agents then went to her house Saturday and asked her if she belonged to a terrorist group, owned any weapons or had ever been committed to a mental institution, she said. "I was floored," Richards said. "When they showed up at the door, the first thing I thought was, 'This must be a joke."' Richards also said the agents searched her house, photographed her and convinced her to sign a waiver that lets them check her medical records. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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