(Baptist) School Removes Cups With Gay Author Quote

[matcom]

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WACO, Texas --A dining contractor has removed coffee cups with a gay author's quote from a Starbucks at Baylor University, saying it was inappropriate for the Baptist school.

Aramark, which oversees the coffee outlet, pulled the cups earlier this month from the campus store after consulting with Starbucks' district office and Baylor's dining service, school officials said Monday.

"I think they were trying to be sensitive," Baylor spokesman Larry Brumley said. "Obviously, Baylor is a Baptist-affiliated institution, and Baptists as a denomination have been pretty outspoken on the record about the denomination's views about the homosexual lifestyle."

The quote from novelist Armistead Maupin reads:

"My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short."

Cade Hammond, president of the board of directors for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Central Texas, said he thinks the cups' removal as unnecessarily restrictive.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/09/20/school_removes_cups_with_gay_author_quote?mode=PF

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Well, that sucks. That's exactly that quote that they need there.

homophobic fucks.

[tyedyeto]

2. Whatcha wanna bet the spin will be...

it was banned because of the profanity in the quote (the word 'damn)?

Damn fundies!

[Robeson]

3. "I think they were trying to be sensitive," ....

...Baylor spokesman Larry Brumley said...

Well, as a "Christian" school, Mr. Brumley, it's heartwarming to know that you'd prefer NOT to be sensitive. You're doing wonders for your religion, Mr. Brumley....:eyes:

[Taverner]

4. Homophobic FUCKS

God I hate fundies....:grr:

[LaraMN]

5. If people put their mouths on that, they might catch gay.

:eyes: