{"id":6535,"date":"2009-06-02T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/06\/they-just-want-a-conversation\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T14:56:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T21:56:29","slug":"they-just-want-a-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/06\/they-just-want-a-conversation.html","title":{"rendered":"They Just Want a Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

So a friend of mine goes to the website of the latest Gay Brownshirt Public Intimidation Project <\/a>here in Washington. (I don\u2019t get out much during the day and so had not heard of this petition, much less had a chance to sign. But I would, just for the honor of getting my name on the Gay Brownshirts\u2019 List of People to Bully, Intimidate and Threaten. I wonder if you can do it online\u2026.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, my friend goes to the Brownshirt website. She writes:<\/p>\n

I went to the website of the people \u201couting\u201d the petition signers and there\u2019s only a contact for media inquiries. No way to have a conversation. And given what we\u2019ve seen in California it certainly seems, well, like a lie. <\/p>\n

It is enough to make this Yankee search out a petition to sign even though it wouldn\u2019t look good at work. Don\u2019t tell me what I can and cannot vote on, harrumph!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Remember: Tolerance is not Enough. YOU. MUST. APPROVE.<\/p>\n

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