Previous message: Bombastic conservative demands that DOJ censor usqueers.com http://www.politechbot.com/p-02844.html The site now says: >http://www.usqueers.com/commentary/die_soon.html >That page is offline while we contemplate design changes which will allow >us to freely express our opinions of the "sacred cows" on the list -- as >they have so freely expressed similar opinions about us -- yet which will >not subject usQueers.com to tedious and unnecessary legal entanglements. >So far, we have been contacted by zero law enforcement agencies of any >kind, not counting the "officers" who sent us their own personal opinions. --- From: dburtat_private Subject: usqueers.com SLAPPed down Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:04:57 -0800 http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/afa/292001a.asp Pro-Homosexual Website Removes Death Threats By Fred Jackson and Jody Brown November 29, 2001 (AgapePress) - A California-based website that advocated the death of several high-profile conservatives because of their stand against homosexuality has suddenly had a change of heart. The San Diego website goes by the name of "usqueers.com." Among others, it called for the death of people like former President Ronald Reagan, Rev. D. James Kennedy, evangelist Pat Robertson, and American Family Association founder Don Wildmon. An old-fashioned "Wanted" poster had appeared on the website with the following words: "WANTED: To Experience a Horrible Death By Any Means Soon Well-Known Het[erosexual] Supremacists, Deserve It As Their Reward" -- then listed the names. But in the wake of protests from a number of legal and pro-family organizations to law enforcement officials, the site has deleted those names. It has also deleted solicitations of its readership for private information on the people it targeted. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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