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Christian Site's Ban on 'G' Word Sends Homosexual to Olympics
By Mike W - Jul 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 pm EDT
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Christian Site's Ban on 'G' Word Sends Homosexual to Olympics
By Mary Ann Akers
July 1, 2008
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/07/christian_sites_ban_on_g_word.html

The American Family Association obviously didn't foresee the problems that might arise with its strict policy to always replace the word "gay" with "homosexual" on the Web site of its Christian news outlet, OneNewsNow. The group's automated system for changing the forbidden word wound up publishing a story about a world-class sprinter named "Tyson Homosexual" who qualified this week for the Beijing Olympics.

The problem: Tyson's real last name is Gay. Therefore, OneNewsNow's reliable software changed the Associated Press story about Tyson Gay's amazing Olympic qualifying trial to read this way:

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complete copyrighted story at above link

 


Reader Comments
  
OH GOD
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By Obama/Biden4highserenity Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:31 pm EDT
My angels and I are
ROFLOAO
  
Hmmm... other famous homosexuals
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By Arius Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:37 pm EDT
The Enola Homosexual

Marvin Homosexuale (must be French with that final e)
Re: Hmmm... other famous homosexuals
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By AnneK Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:44 pm EDT
Let's have a homosexual old time?
Re: Hmmm... other famous homosexuals
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By AnneK Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:45 pm EDT
(from the Flintstones theme).
Re: Hmmm... other famous homosexuals
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By AnneK Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:46 pm EDT
(From West Side Story)

I feel pretty, oh so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and homosexual?
  
Another item we'd see on the offending web site:
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By Mike W Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:41 pm EDT
Another item we'd see on the offending web site:

Enola Homosexual Drops A-Bomb on Japan!
Re: Another item we'd see on the offending web site:
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By Mike W Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:46 pm EDT
Don we now our homosexual apparel
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Re: Another item we'd see on the offending web site:
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By Mike W Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:48 pm EDT
"When Irish Eyes are Smiling"
When Irish hearts are happy, all the world seems bright and homosexual.
Re: Another item we'd see on the offending web site:
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By Mike W Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:51 pm EDT
The official state song of Kentucky, "My Old Kentucky Home":

'Tis summer, the people are homosexual...
Re: Another item we'd see on the offending web site:
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By Mike W Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:53 pm EDT
"The Prisoner's Hope" Union Civil War song

In the prison cell I sit, thinking Mother, dear, of you,
And our bright and happy home so far away,
And the tears, they fill my eyes 'spite of all that I can do,
Tho' I try to cheer my comrades and be homosexual.
  
Ben
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By WRM Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:55 pm EDT
Ben Homosexual will soothe your aching muscles.