Word: franks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Today we still have anti-gay and lesbian policies, but they are in retreat," Frank said. "I believe that prejudice is eroding, although it's not eroding nearly fast enough...
...Frank said the erosion of prejudice is "suggested by the old phrase, 'some of my best friends are Blacks, or Jews, or whatever.' A true bigot doesn't make exceptions. It is a stage in the erosion of prejudice when people say, 'I don't like them in general, but I have some friends like that...
...Frank said one of the reasons that a federal gay civil rights bill has been stalled in Congress is that most people perceive support for gay rights to be more politically damaging to politicians than it actually...
...evidence, Frank mentioned a poll of voters in his congressional district taken shortly after his public declaration of his homosexuality in a 1987 Boston Globe interview...
...Frank said that 42 percent of those polled felt that his announcement of his sexual orientation would hurt his chances for reelection, while only 21 percent said they would be less likely to vote for him because...