Word: affirming
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...while the issue was clearly hurtful, clearly offensive to many of us who disagree with its central proposition, it was not hateful. It was well within the bounds of intellectual discourse. Time and time again, Peninsula's writers deny that their opposition to homosexuality was motivated by hatred. They affirm and reaffirm that "We have no coercive capabilities; we wouldn't use them if we did." They make arguments--weak arguments, we think, but arguments nonetheless. To dismiss this issue as mere gay-bashing is simply unfair. The virulent ad hominem attacks proferred after the issue's publication, while understandable...
Coming Out Day displays the true colors of the homosexual community; it shows that the homophiles, as well as those that "affirm" the homosexual act, have no regard for the family, the basic building block of civilized society and of legitimate government. Their jubilation and "pride" in the reprehensible act of homosexual intercourse also proves, beyond all doubt, that their definition of self is irrevocably linked to the most base of all human instincts: copulation. For this reason, the members of the Association Against Learning in the Absence of Religion and Morality and, indeed, all of mainstream America, are deeply...
...determine strategies to counter the 1992 Columbus celebrations, including the establishment of an "alternative Seville" at a yet to be chosen site in Mexico. Nugkuag thinks such an antimainstream World's Fair can be an occasion for reflection rather than celebration: "We want to recover our history to affirm our identity, to achieve true independence from exploitation and aggression and to play a role in determining our future...
...Slovenian government stated that it had agreed only to hold off for three months on further steps toward independence. Said Slovenian foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel: "What we've done, we shall keep." After the army issued another harsh threat of "decisive military action," the Slovenian parliament voted to affirm its independence stand...
...plans" (as in "Esmerelda will be starting her joint MD/PhD/JD program at Stanford next fall; have you made plans yet?") from standard English lexicon. It should be obvious that the time for planning is past. At this point, what we ANGSTers lack is a life. We must recognize and affirm this basic fact...