Webster's Dictionary: Sodomite propagand

Evan Derkacz
June 21, 2005

"Cynthia Janak's got a very special new column up at Renew America. Let's dig right in," writes Brad R.

"'Okay people I have had it with all this gay bashing. These people are not gay they are homosexuals, plain and simple. Let me give everyone a lesson in the definition of these two terms...I am going to use a dictionary that was published in the 1942. I don't care what the terms mean today. I am looking at the historical value behind the terms.'
Yes, after World War II, dictionaries were taken over by sodomy-enabling secularists who tried to make America accept homosexuality by hijacking some of our most cherished words, including 'gay,' 'flamer,' and 'all-night anal sex party.'"(Sadly, No!)
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