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About 90 gay books burned in fire at Chicago library
ABC7Chicago.com ^
| June 15, 2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 06/15/2006 1:33:03 PM PDT by DBeers
June 15, 2006 (CHICAGO) - A small fire at a Chicago Public Library on the city's North Side has burned about 100 books -- 90 of them in the gay and lesbian section.
Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said the fire is being investigated as an arson -- but not as a hate crime.
Gay rights activist Rick Garcia questioned that decision, noting the unique location of the fire.
About 10 books in the branch's African-American history collection were also burned.
No one was injured in the fire.
The library branch where the fire occurred is near the center of the city's gay neighborhood.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: arson; flamers; flaming; hatecrimes; homosexualagenda; homosexualbooks; library; pc; politicalcorrectness; politicallycorrect; publiclibrary; taxdollarsatwork; youpayforthis
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Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said the fire is being investigated as an arson -- but not as a hate crime. It will be interesting to see where the investigation leads...
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06/15/2006 1:33:04 PM PDT
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Civil Rights Hate Crime?
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:34:13 PM PDT
by
DBeers
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To: DBeers
Books can be gay? Who'da thunk it........
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:35:19 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
To: DBeers
"About 90 gay books"
I didn't realize that BOOKS had a sexual orientation. ;-)
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:35:57 PM PDT
by
Conservative Goddess
(Politiae legibus, non leges politiis, adaptandae)
To: DBeers
What if the fire turns out to have been caused by a homeless family camping in the stacks and trying to heat their soup? Whose victim status is the trump?
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:36:07 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: DBeers
Spontaneous combustion, no doubt, what with being packed so tightly in and and all the massage oil. Pouff!
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:37:02 PM PDT
by
Boiler Plate
(Mom always said why be difficult, when with just a little more effort you can be impossible.)
To: DBeers
Maybe it started by spontaneous combustion due to friction of books rubbing against each other??
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:37:44 PM PDT
by
archer59y
To: DBeers
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:40:10 PM PDT
by
rattrap
To: DBeers
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:40:11 PM PDT
by
rattrap
To: DBeers
flamin fa.....nope,not gonna do it...
To: DBeers
The genuine conservative reaction should be the same as it was for the NJ Dims who wanted to ban Coulter's book.
Freedom of speech covers everybody or it's a meaningless joke.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:41:51 PM PDT
by
wtc911
(You can't get there from here)
To: Red Badger
Books can be gay? Who'da thunk it........ I hope they all wear book jackets.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:42:50 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: DBeers
At Pacifica radio, when the leftists wanted more political talk on the radio and less music, the music library mysteriously caught fire several times.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:43:12 PM PDT
by
weegee
(happy holidays and seasons greetings...)
To: Graybeard58
Just goes to show, you can't judge a book by its cover...........
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:43:28 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
To: DBeers
I dont think my Library has a gay and lesbian section.
What would I look for it under?
Fictional love stories?
Non Fiction Humor?
Next to Dr. Doolittle under Love stories about a Lickalottapuss.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:46:53 PM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: DBeers
Hate crime? Against the library? Good luck making that case...unless - wait - was the library painted pink, by any chance? Ah, HAH!
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:52:03 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
(The proof that we are rightly related to God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not")
To: Red Badger
What about Gay Talese and Leon Homo?
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:52:03 PM PDT
by
rzeznikj at stout
(ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
To: DBeers
Even the BOOKS are gay now? Sorry, I know some books will say, "Now, now, folks, we're all adult books, here," but I really can't fathom books having sex. I didn't know they had the parts!
Although I did hear of one book having a terrible mishap... He had just gone to the doctors' to have his appendix removed...
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:52:26 PM PDT
by
dangus
To: sgtbono2002
Next to Dr. Doolittle under Love stories about a Lickalottapuss.
----
I have seen this creature. At a recent V.A. meeting. That's Vaginatarians Anonomous.
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:54:01 PM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
To: FearlessFreep
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posted on
06/15/2006 1:55:49 PM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
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