(2519)  Mon 28 Aug 95 12:17
By: John Oliver
To: All
Re: Hate Warning: Readers Beware
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Hate Warning: Readers Beware

A newly published book has come to our attention and we'd like to pass this
warning  along  to  you.   Wave  the  White Flag (Hearthstone Books,Carlton
Press: New York, 1995) is a curious hate-filled book admonishing people  to
embrace  God  and  disassociate  themselves  from  gay/lesbians. Admittedly
homophobic  propaganda  from  fundamentalist  "Christians"  is  not  a  new
invention.  What  make  this book such a curious offering is it crude style
and presentation.

The elegant cover depicting a  delicate  angelic  image  belies  the  pages
inside. From the first page the reader is assaulted with an intense barrage
of  hostility  expressed  in  partial  sentences and unreferenced Christian
dogma. Each of the pages is lined with incomplete thoughts regarding  God's
battle  with  "Mr.  Evil",  and  warnings   to straights not to live in big
cities or befriend gays/lesbians because "...that is a No-No!" The  author,
Ida  Stark,  who identifies herself as a native Canadian, declares that she
was called by God to write this book. At the very least I'd argue that  God
has  a  better grasp of the English language and not so subtle complexities
of basic grammar to have dictated such material.

Anyone interested in responding to this insult to our  collective  humanity
can  write  to:  Scott C. Gram, V.P., Carlton Press, 11 West 22 Street, New
York, N.Y. 10001

(This warning found in the Aids Committee of Windsor Newsletter, Vol.2,No.3
1995)

... Fundamentalism: An extinct creature too stupid to die.
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