YMCA a "gay" anthem?

[Wilson Gray]

On Sep 22, 2004, at 2:04 PM, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

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> This seems to imply that everything "gay" is X-rated (or at least
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> which is certainly not true, even of athletic events (witness the Gay
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You make an excellent point. I wish I'd thought of it first.

-Wilson Gray

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> In a message dated 8/26/04 7:33:06 PM, JJJRLandau at AOL.COM writes:
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>> If [YMCA] is indeed a gay song, why is it played so often in what
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>> G-rated situations such as baseball games?=A0 There can't be enough
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>> in this country to play that song as often as it gets played.
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>> =A0 =A0 - Baffled in South Jersey=A0=A0 (aka Jim Landau)
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