[Uncle Slayton]

I did not write the story, but now we as a nation must contend with the reality that our government placed a lesbian in a position to be idolized by our young daughters.

[La Lydia]

Now I am indeed confused. You think our government, under President Reagan, placed a lesbian in a position to be idolized by our daughters by sending her in to space? You really, really believe that? Or could it be that, at the time, no one had a clue? I had no idea she was a lesbian until I read what you posted, and I was alive in 1983.

[familyop]

"I did not write the story, but now we as a nation must contend with the reality that our government placed a lesbian in a position to be idolized by our young daughters."

Well said and true.