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Word: nebraskas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dual meet season, the team will travel to Dallas, Texas for the Lone Star Duals. This is a tough addition to the schedule, as the grapplers will square off against three of the nation's best programs--No. 2 Iowa State, No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 7 Nebraska...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Ready for National Prominence | 11/16/2000 | See Source »

This is the politics of hate, and in Nebraska it is overwhelmingly popular...

Author: By Christopher M. Kirchhoff, | Title: Queer Nebraska | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

Because of its increasingly Republican tilt, Nebraska offers a glimpse of what conservatives would do nationally if they could, and how they would go about it. In America respect for religious freedom often translates into an illogical deference to anything termed religious, allowing intolerance to run under the banner of religious belief. Anti-gay bigotry in Nebraska is no different. Prominent among its supporters, Nebraska's Mormons, evangelicals and Roman Catholics rallied around the flagpole to pass Proposition...

Author: By Christopher M. Kirchhoff, | Title: Queer Nebraska | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

...state's three Catholic Bishops, who are usually more reserved than their evangelical brethren, couldn't resist taking an early and forceful stance in support of the initiative. In addition to their public support, they mailed pictures of the Pope with biblical quotes about marriage to all of Nebraska's Catholics, who voted 3-1 in favor...

Author: By Christopher M. Kirchhoff, | Title: Queer Nebraska | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

With what little money they managed to raise, opponents crafted an ad to air during the Nebraska-Oklahoma football game. Because it featured a swastika, TV stations refused to let it run, thereby adding censorship to the list of legal discriminations gays in Nebraska share with Jews (and gays) in Nazi Germany. The spot opened with the state's motto, "Equality before...

Author: By Christopher M. Kirchhoff, | Title: Queer Nebraska | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

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