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<pre wrap="">Veronika Koller sent this to me and asked me to forward it to the list
in case her posting did not go through. Thank you Veronika. This looks
promising.</pre>
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<td>RE: "Framing" social issues</td>
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<td>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 10:54:31 +0100</td>
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<td>Koller, Veronika <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:v.koller@lancaster.ac.uk"><v.koller@lancaster.ac.uk></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:freeda@mail.montclair.edu">freeda@mail.montclair.edu</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG">GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG</a></td>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="597184709-07042005">Dear Alice,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
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<div>How do we reframe the arguments against same-sex marriage that
include notions like the "sanctity of marriage?"</div>
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<div><span class="597184709-07042005"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff"
size="2">I have lately been researching the discourse of conservative
gays and lesbians for a book project. Their largest representative
body, the Log Cabin Republicans, campaigns vigourously against the
federal marriage amendment (including TV commercials etc.) and frame
the issue as "defending the Constitution" (<a
href="http://www.logcabin.org/logcabin/defendconstitution.html">http://www.logcabin.org/logcabin/defendconstitution.html</a>).
A case of the GOP being hoisted by their own petard??</font></span></div>
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size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span class="597184709-07042005"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff"
size="2">Best,</font></span></div>
<div><span class="597184709-07042005"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff"
size="2">Veronika Koller</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="597184709-07042005"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff"
size="2">P.S.: I've had trouble posting to the list recently, so
perhaps you could kindly forward my reply. Thanks. </font> </span></div>
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<p><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="1">Veronika Koller</font></span>
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<span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="1">Lecturer in Critical
Discourse Analysis</font></span> <br>
<span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="1">Department of
Linguistics and English Language </font></span><br>
<span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="1">Lancaster University</font></span>
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<span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="1">Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1
4YT</font></span> <br>
<span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="1">Phone:
++44-(0)1524-594642</font></span> <br>
<span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="1">Fax: ++44-(0)1524-843085</font></span>
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<span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="1">Web: <a
href="http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/koller/index.htm">http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/koller/index.htm</a></font></span>
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<p><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="2">"It is justice, not
charity, that is wanting in the world." (Mary Wollstonecraft)</font></span>
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