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Poofs, Paedophiles and American Puritanism

category international | miscellaneous | other press author Sunday October 08, 2006 17:14author by nano

Think of the final refuge for religious extremists (fanatical Christian cults) from Europe; and later, the sexual undertone of the Salem witch trials and you stare homosexual congressman, Mark Foley, ‘straight’ in the American sexual obsession. It seems that puritanism is alive and well in the good ol’ U.S of A! Amazing as the over-reactive American response may seem to Europeans and those of other nations, the news of a homosexual’s exploits with a boy has pushed all other news aside – incredible! The Mayflower continues to sail the waters of conservative America.

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http://cleaves.zapto.org/clv/newswire.php?story_id=320

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