[Imc-newsroom] Re: [Prairiegreens] Local Gay Rights Activists Arrested in Springfield

[John Wason]

At 05:12 PM 05/10/2001 -0500, Milt Epstein wrote:

>On Thu, 10 May 2001, Laurel Prussing wrote:
>
>> In 1999 the legislature passed bills expanding gambling, giving a
>> tax break to the horseracing industry and giving monopolies to beer
>> and soft drink distributors--all at the request of four wealthy
>> campaign contributors.  Some of the liberals in the legislature
>> supported this deal in exchange for getting a future law on gay
>> rights.  What happened to this deal?

>Also, I thought I heard something recently (on the radio?  WILL
>maybe?) where a bill granting non-discrimination rights to
>motorcyclists was closer to passing than the one for gays.

There ya go.  That's one of the things that Meg Miner's letter refers to.
Her use of irony is exquisite when she suggests that at least gay
motorcyclists have more rights than they had before.