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US marshal pick was already gay rights pioneer (Huh??)
AP ^
| 10/21/2009
| Patrick Condon
Posted on 10/21/2009 6:48:50 PM PDT by markomalley
As a little-known Minneapolis police sergeant, Sharon Lubinski made headlines when she declared she was a lesbian on the front pages of the city's largest newspaper — a bold move that other gay officers say inspired them to come out, too.
More than a decade later, Lubinski could become the first openly gay U.S. marshal after President Barack Obama nominated the 57-year-old assistant police chief to one of the country's top law enforcement jobs last week.
Though some gay rights activists have criticized the nomination as nothing more than a symbolic gesture from a president they say has lagged behind on key gay issues, others note the move is a step in the right direction toward ending a culture of discrimination.
Back when Lubinski declared in a 1993 Minneapolis Star Tribune interview that she was a lesbian, she told the newspaper she feared she was putting her safety, career and personal life in danger. At the time, officers in the department suspected of being gay endured taunts, jokes and whispers. One officer who suspected she was gay even called her "sicko" behind her back, she told the paper.
But the risk was worth it, she said. Police officers who handle gay crime victims must be able to accept gay colleagues, and though the atmosphere inside the department was improving, more needed to be done, she told the newspaper.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhohomosexualagenda; homosexualagenda; lubinski; obamaregime; pc
Huh? I didn't realize that being homosexual was one of the key qualifications for the job...
To: markomalley
MPLS-—the cold San Fransicko.
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posted on
10/21/2009 6:50:28 PM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: markomalley
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posted on
10/21/2009 6:51:43 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(FR.....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
To: markomalley
The white heterosexual guy has no chance these days for advancement under these rules.
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posted on
10/21/2009 6:53:43 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
To: guitarplayer1953
"The white heterosexual guy has no chance these days for advancement under these rules."
Near impossible. Makes me ill.
To: markomalley
Lesbians should have to register as sex offenders simply by the fact that they are able to use the women's restrooms with impunity.
I would probably end up having to register as a sex offender if I habitually wandered or ventured purposely into restrooms frequented by members of the opposite sex.
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posted on
10/21/2009 6:58:33 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: markomalley
So can we now call her the Protective Dyke?
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:00:27 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: markomalley
Obama?!?!? A symbolic gesture?!?!?!
It would never happen!!!!
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:02:58 PM PDT
by
relictele
To: markomalley
Lubinski
And here I thought the Clintons stacked their administration with a lot of freaks like Janet Reno and Donna Shalala
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:05:59 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(It's not called the Wheel. It's called the Carousel)
To: EverOnward
We have a picture in one of our offices that show a diversity of people with one piece of the puzzle missing and it is obvious it is the white male.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:06:12 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
To: dennisw
why he doesn't look gay to me.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:07:08 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
To: dennisw
Just looking at her and you couldn't tell she was gay. Sarc.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:09:21 PM PDT
by
JimC214
To: markomalley
*****Huh? I didn’t realize that being homosexual was one of the key qualifications for the job... *****
It wasnt, until Obama came to the Presidency.
He is a toe tapper.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:12:02 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: dennisw
"Inconceivable!"
It's like a cross between Wallace Shawn and Lyle Lovett.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:14:11 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: guitarplayer1953
why he doesn't look gay to me. He's not - He likes women... (*smile*)
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:14:30 PM PDT
by
Screaming_Gerbil
(The light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash...)
To: guitarplayer1953
Im really tired of all these happy people
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:15:06 PM PDT
by
woofie
To: Screaming_Gerbil
I like women too does that make me a lesbian too? I told my wife after 20 year I’ve become bi sexual we have sex twice a year on her birthday and maybe on Christmas. /s
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:16:35 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
To: Rastus
I was thinking she looked strikingly like John C. Reilly.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:17:11 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: WOBBLY BOB
One officer even called her sicko behind her back! LOL! Oh the horror!
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:24:51 PM PDT
by
suijuris
To: markomalley
It can be whatever it wants to be, be appointed to this or that. The bottom line is that it is ugly and perverted and most people find it repulsive. They can make laws and rules and give appointments, but nothing can ever change the visceral reaction most people have to someone like it.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:27:34 PM PDT
by
bustinchops
(Teddy ("The Hiccup") Kennedy - the original water-boarder)
To: suijuris
Guilty
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:29:30 PM PDT
by
scoobysnak71
(Just a National Security Threat, trying to get a nut.)
To: markomalley
One officer who suspected she was gay even called her "sicko" behind her back, she told the paper. Boo hoo hoo. Anyone worthy of the position would not have even mentioned this (IF it's true OR just opportune!).
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:33:50 PM PDT
by
bannie
To: scoobysnak71
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:34:10 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
(Another proud graduate of the Larry Storch school of posting)
To: markomalley
Approved by the Original Rug Doctor.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:35:18 PM PDT
by
scoobysnak71
(Just a National Security Threat, trying to get a nut.)
To: guitarplayer1953
The consequence of this sh!t is that you can watch horrible things happen to your country, and feel more affinity for the “enemy” than for the “Americans”.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:37:55 PM PDT
by
Carlos Martillo II
(Guernica was a work of art...and I don't mean the painting.)
To: EverOnward
Having knowledge and discipline is key; they make the world go round. Companies can talk “diversity” all they want, but in the end they know who the “go-to” people are. The other crap is window dressing.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:42:39 PM PDT
by
Carlos Martillo II
(Guernica was a work of art...and I don't mean the painting.)
To: markomalley
A pioneer? Where did she go?
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:45:39 PM PDT
by
Mojave
(Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
To: scoobysnak71
Yeah! Try to stop staring at the camel toe. Go ahead. Go to the next thread. You can’t do it. It’s so nasty you dare not blink.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:46:53 PM PDT
by
RoadKingSE
(How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
To: Carlos Martillo II
We’ve come a long way baby.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:50:20 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
To: scoobysnak71
Rosie O’Donnell. Where no man has gone before.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:51:58 PM PDT
by
Mojave
(Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
To: cmsgop
"Yes Shenator, I was the firsht to take the new Government H1N1 vaccine, and I guarantee you that there are absholutely no shide effects. Ish it hot in here?"
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:53:36 PM PDT
by
RoadKingSE
(How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
To: scoobysnak71
Lesbians - It ain’t like it is in the movies.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:54:22 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: markomalley
Police, schools, health, homeland security...........forced down our throats in all positions.
Pun not intended.
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:54:26 PM PDT
by
Freddd
(CNN is not credible.)
To: scoobysnak71
OMG!!!!!!!!! That’s Grosie’s Camel Toe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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posted on
10/21/2009 7:55:00 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
(Another proud graduate of the Larry Storch school of posting)
To: cmsgop
I really wish you hadn’t mentioned that. Now I can’t see.
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:07:58 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(The absence of bias appears to be bias to those who are biased.)
To: EverOnward
Wow, a coworker once called her a sicko behind her back. I hope she survived such a traumatic event. This nomination should instill pride in the US Marshals.
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:10:41 PM PDT
by
peeps36
(Democrats Don't Need No Stinking Input From You Little People)
To: RoadKingSE
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:13:07 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(It's not called the Wheel. It's called the Carousel)
To: scoobysnak71
Oh, for heaven’s sake. Why did you have to go and do that?
Looks like I’m in for a sleepless night.
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:14:06 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
To: markomalley
Barack 0bama is running a carnival not a government
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:15:38 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(It's not called the Wheel. It's called the Carousel)
To: cmsgop
Somebody please photoshop that pic of Sebelius with a giant syringe, a third eye and wearing an 0bama pin instead of the bird pin.
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:19:02 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
To: guitarplayer1953
The white heterosexual guy has no chance these days for advancement under these rules.Stop paying taxes or say your hero is Mao and your chances will improve.
To: ShowMeMom
advance right into prison for the pissedon I mean peons.
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:25:36 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
To: markomalley
When Obama is finally indicted it likely won't be gay U.S. Marshals who frisk him, manacle and handcuff him.
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:33:40 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: markomalley
Huh? I didn't realize that being homosexual was one of the key qualifications for the job...Exactly. If she's qualified and the best person for the job, who the hell cares? Democrats playing identity politics again. Only those "moral absolutists" are shallow enough to play this game.
To: markomalley
yea... being a ‘mo definitely brings something to the position
uncontrollable laughter by the criminals
well, at least its a diesel dyke... definitely tougher then the metrosexuals in the blue states
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posted on
10/21/2009 9:03:40 PM PDT
by
sten
To: Rastus; dennisw; guitarplayer1953
Stop it, you're killing me!
Call 9/11!
No wait, don't...
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posted on
10/21/2009 9:36:03 PM PDT
by
Yehuda
(Land of the free, THANKS TO THE BRAVE!)
To: Yehuda
Lubinski might be Jewish or Polish...I’m hoping she isn’t Jewish. Let the Poles be embarrassed
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posted on
10/21/2009 9:42:15 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(It's not called the Wheel. It's called the Carousel)
To: scoobysnak71
That is Rosie O’Donnell? I thought it was a guy
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posted on
10/21/2009 9:52:33 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(It's not called the Wheel. It's called the Carousel)
To: markomalley
Wasnt there a Homeland Security official that was arrested last year for trading child pron?
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