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Republican Representative Bill
Suchmann, who had the star-
tlingly clear revelation that his
conditioned discomfort at see-
ing same-sex displays of affec-
tion was, well, his problem. He
then went on to speak elo-
quently in favor of gay rights.

If Santa kept a list of coolest
straight guys in the world, right
toward the top would be
Senator Dick McCormack.
Here’s a Dick with a brain.
Hearing him genially yet com-
pletely unravel the arguments
of his less enlightened col-
leagues makes this little elf
positively giddy.

For seeing through the rein-
deer doo doo to the heart of the
issue, Seven Days columnist
Peter Freyne deserves a pat on
the back from thejolly old man
himself. No straight man sees a
homophobic stocking stuffer
for what it is faster or funnier
than Freyne. How lucky we are
to be on his Inside Track. Bill
Maher is a Peter Freyne for the
masses, hosting a gay wedding
on Politically, Incorrect, prov-
ing that even, obnoxious white
guys who make big bucks can
jingle our bells.

If people can be naughty and
nice, so can groups, often with
more impact. No merit badges
this year for the Boy Scouts,
whb define “morally straight”
literally and narrow-mindedly,
never mind that the gay boys
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good enough for the powers
that be! Coal in all their back-
ward pup tents. Candy canes
and good cookie sales for the
Girl Scouts, who have no such
policy.

Some religious institutions.
think we’re naughty and some
think we’re nice; the same can
be said for individuals within
those institutions. Let’s pledge
to treat themas they treat us.
Candy canes for all the inde-
pendent-thinking Catholics
who speak in favor of honoring‘
same-sex relationships. _Coal
for Vermont’s own grinch,
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when posing the question,
“How Would Jesus Vote?” is
certain of the answer. We hear
a different answer, Bishop.
Then there’s the Pope himself
who declared Rome’s World
Pride 2000 an affront to his
Grand Jubilee. Sorry, pontiff,
we’re part of the grand jubilee
too, however we choose to cel-
ebrate it.

Of course, not all gay people
are nice either.

There are those who voted
for George W. Bush in the pres-
idential election, an estimated
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And there are still others who
believe that transgendered peo-
ple don’t belong under our
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and they’ve been left out in the
rain too long.

Santa’s list is long, but this
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gay village workshop. In what-

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