"Gay" is a bad "wurd"

[Clai Rice]

Here's our local report from today's paper:

http://www.theadvertiser.com/news/html/6E2B0EF0-A452-4DF5-AB87-564DD46C8F6B.
shtml

Both the school board president and the faculty advisor for PRIDE are
English Dept faculty members and friends whose offices are right next to one
another.  Needless to say, the joint is jumping this morning.

Clai Rice

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathleen E. Miller [mailto:millerk at NYTIMES.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: FYI: "Gay" is a bad "wurd"


Did anybody read this? My mouth is still open in shock...


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29820-2003Dec2.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/03/national/03GAY.html



Kathleen E. Miller
Research Assistant to William Safire
The New York Times