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To: far sider; Torie; Clemenza; Clintonfatigued; AuH2ORepublican; JohnnyZ; Kuksool

Wow, looks like there is homophobia up there in Seattle. Don't they know that Vice-President King was the first gay to serve in the Executive branch of the federal government ? King was the long-time lover of future President James Buchanan. Surely the gay-rights lobby should be up in arms over this attempt to remove the namesake of King County !


14 posted on 02/28/2006 5:46:28 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Don't they know that Vice-President King was the first gay to serve in the Executive branch of the federal government ?

Great piece of trivia. It explains a lot about Seattle.

18 posted on 02/28/2006 5:54:31 AM PST by conservative cat
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Maybe they do know this and this whole thing is a cut at the Homosexuals.


25 posted on 02/28/2006 6:14:10 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: fieldmarshaldj

"Don't they know that Vice-President King was the first gay to serve in the Executive branch of the federal government? King was the long-time lover of future President James Buchanan."



You're kidding, I hope.

I knew James Buchanan never married, and was rumored to be a "friend of Dorothy," but I thought it was just a rumor.


27 posted on 02/28/2006 6:30:15 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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Maybe William Rufus King's parents wanted him to be a homosexual, because they named him after William Rufus, king of England 1087-1100, who was supposedly a homosexual.

They should resolve the King County logo controversy by using a likeness of Elvis.

39 posted on 03/01/2006 8:50:40 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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